Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2026 · Assigned by Acer
CVE-2026-9489NitroSense V3: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability
High 8.5
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in NitrorSense V3 from Acer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Acer | NitrorSense V3 | 3.01.3001 – through 3.01.3052 |
Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-269, CWE-284, CWE-732 · Vector: 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