---
id: CVE-2026-102112
title: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who
  has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account
  on the appliance to escalate to root and run arbitrary commands with the
  highest…
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who
  has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account
  on the appliance to escalate to root and run arbitrary commands with the
  highest…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-78
  - CWE-269
vendor: accellion
product: kiteworks
affected:
  - kiteworks < 9.5.0
patched:
  - kiteworks 9.5.0
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T13:56:12.303'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102112'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-658c-86vw-g9hf
    label: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
  - url: >-
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/VA/white/2026/va-26-274-01.json
    label: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00375
epssPercentile: 0.31605
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-01T13:20:19.156694Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T21:25:07.826Z'
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account on the appliance to escalate to root and run arbitrary commands with the highest privileges. Exploitation requires existing local access to that service account.

## Affected

- `kiteworks < 9.5.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `kiteworks 9.5.0`