CVE-2026-9489 NitroSense V3: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability
Local attackers can exploit a misconfigured named pipe in Acer NitroSense 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-2026-9489?
CVE-2026-9489 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acer NitrorSense V3, published on 25 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NitroSense 3.x before 3.01.3052 contains 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-2026-9489?
How do I fix CVE-2026-9489?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-9489 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9489 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x6vp-3m75-76c9.