CVE-2026-18485
High · 7.8CVSS
7.8
EPSS
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Published
Aug 5, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability recently discovered in the NI-PAL kernel driver. This may allow a local, authenticated user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.1 and prior versions running on Microsoft Windows.
Affected packages
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