Vulnerability · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by cisa-cg
CVE-2026-102141Kiteworks Core Privilege Escalation through External Control of File Name or Path
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Core from Kiteworks. 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 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 99.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Two Kiteworks Core cluster-management operations did not validate file paths supplied to them, so an attacker holding root on one node of a cluster could write files as root onto another node and cause them to be executed there. Exploitation requires backend root access on a cluster node and a pending software patch present on the target node.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-73, CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L