CVE-2026-102112 Kiteworks Core Local Privilege Escalation
An attacker with local access to an unprivileged service account can escalate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands on Kiteworks Core.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-102112?
CVE-2026-102112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Accellion Kiteworks, published on 30 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-102112?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Accellion Kiteworks.
How do I fix CVE-2026-102112?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-102112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-102112 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-102112 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Accellion Kiteworks
- CVE-2026-102115 Kiteworks Core Authentication Bypass in the Password Reset Workflow
- CVE-2026-102149 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Improper Access Control
- CVE-2026-102147 Kiteworks Core Administrative Account Takeover through Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2026-102095 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery
- CVE-2026-102102 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery