{"cve":"CVE-2026-106030","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-16T10:18:03.327","modified":"2026-10-16T16:00:33.533","status":"Awaiting Analysis","description":"NordVPN for Windows allows local attackers to stop unprotected Windows system services and change their startup type to Manual via named pipes. The NordVPN user-mode application allows a low-privileged attacker to act as a trusted process and connect to the named pipe \"\\\\.\\pipe\\nord-security\\v1\\NordVpnService\\Server\". The attacker can then invoke the \"ISettingsGrpc.StopService\" and \"ISettingsGrpc.ChangeServiceStartType\" methods with an arbitrary service name, allowing them to stop any unprotected Windows service and change its startup type. This leads to denial of service of critical system services. Services protected by Windows (PPL processes, Windows Tamper Protection), such as Windows Defender, cannot be stopped or reconfigured.\n\n\nThis issue was fixed in version 8.12","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L","score":6.8},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-863"],"references":["https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/10/CVE-2026-106030","https://nordvpn.com/"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T23:00:53.604569364+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-106030","score":0.00098,"percentile":0.0077,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}