CVE-2026-45393
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.02
BB Relevance:
42/100
Published: 2026-05-12
Modified: 2026-10-26
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
A vulnerability chain in Cribl Edge for Windows before 4.17.1 allows a local authenticated user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Incorrect default permissions on the Windows installer's authentication directory (CWE-276) expose a cryptographic secret used for JWT signing and password-hash derivation, enabling forgery of administrative API tokens. The forged token can then be used to invoke a pipeline function that reaches an OS command sink (CWE-78) running in the SYSTEM context.