# CVE-2026-1680: Local Privilege Escalation in Local Admin Service

> A local user can escalate privileges to administrator by communicating directly with the Local Admin Service named pipe, bypassing client-side restrictions.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`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:P/AU:Y`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7f48-jjj6-53wv

## What is CVE-2026-1680?

CVE-2026-1680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edgemo (Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service, published on 30 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access control in the WCF endpoint in Edgemo (now owned by Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service 1.2.7.23180 on Windows allows a local user to escalate their privileges to local administrator via direct communication with the LocalAdminService.exe named pipe, bypassing client-side group membership restrictions.

Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1680?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Danofficeit Local Admin Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-1680?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1680 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-1680 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1680 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edgemo (Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service, published on 30 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-1680 exists.

Affected product: Edgemo (Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1680/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1680/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1680
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1680
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1680

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1680/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.