CVE-2026-18485

8.5 highEPSS 0.2%

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.

CVSS 4.0: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
CWE: CWE-1285
Published: 2026-08-05
Modified: 2026-10-23
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

References

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/2026/local-privilege-escalation-in-ni-pal.html

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