CVE-2026-18485

HIGH

CVE: CVE-2026-18485 - There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability recently discovered in the NI-PAL kernel driverSign in to save

CVSS

7.8

CVSS v3.1

EPSS

0.1%

Exploit Prediction Score

Published

August 5, 2026

Exploitability

EPSS probability 0.1%

Description

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-1285

Affected Packages

No package data available.

Aliases

CVE-2026-18485

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