CVE-2026-8069 PredatorSense V3: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability
Local attackers can exploit a misconfigured named pipe in Acer PredatorSense to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
- 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-2026-8069?
CVE-2026-8069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acer PredatorSense V3, published on 8 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PredatorSense version 3.00.3136 to 3.00.3196 contain Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom protocol to invoke internal functions. However, this Named Pipe is misconfigured, allowing any authenticated local user to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges and to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. By leveraging this, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8069?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Acer Nitrosense, Acer Predatorsense.
How do I fix CVE-2026-8069?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-8069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67h9-58cf-72hp.