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CVE-2026-18485

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 42/100
Published: 2026-08-05 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability recently discovered in the NI-PAL kernel driver.  This may allow a local, authenticated user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.  This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.1 and prior versions running on Microsoft Windows.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

42 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.5 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.17%
Raw Score 0.001670
Percentile 6.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00167
2026-10-28
0.00167

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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