# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`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`)
- **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:** 8 May 2026
- **Updated:** 8 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-67h9-58cf-72hp

## 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.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8069?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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:

- Technical write-up and PoC for CVE-2026-8069 in Acer NitroSense and PredatorSense (github_poc): https://github.com/S1eezer/CVE-2026-8069

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-8069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acer PredatorSense V3. 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-2026-8069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8069/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.