Weakness (CWE)
CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
How to prevent it (7 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
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Architecture and Design
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code [REF-76]. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
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Architecture and Design
Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code [REF-76]. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
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Implementation
Perform extensive input validation for any privileged code that must be exposed to the user and reject anything that does not fit your strict requirements.
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Implementation
When dropping privileges, ensure that they have been dropped successfully to avoid CWE-273. As protection mechanisms in the environment get stronger, privilege-dropping calls may fail even if it seems like they would always succeed.
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Implementation
If circumstances force you to run with extra privileges, then determine the minimum access level necessary. First identify the different permissions that the software and its users will need to perform their actions, such as file read and write permissions, network socket permissions, and so forth. Then explicitly allow those actions while denying all else [REF-76]. Perform extensive input validation and canonicalization to minimize the chances of introducing a separate vulnerability. This mitigation is much more prone to error than dropping the privileges in the first place.
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Operation, System Configuration
Ensure that the software runs properly under the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) [REF-199] or an equivalent hardening configuration guide, which many organizations use to limit the attack surface and potential risk of deployed software.
Source: MITRE CWE-250
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Critical 9.8
Dixell/Copeland XWEB EVO Unauthenticated Command Injection via xwconsole.cgi
XWEB EVO before 5.6.2 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by exploiting the setuid-root CGI xwconsole.cgi. Attackers can supply malicious input through the sh parameter,…
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Critical 9.3CVE-2026-112174 Public exploit
Privilege escalation in Enter’s Iperius Backup
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Iperius Backup 8.8.3, due to insufficient separation between the graphical user interface running with elevated privileges and local users with low privileges. When the backup service is configured to run persistent…
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Critical 9.6
Privilege elevation in Contacts in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 157.0.8103.38 allowed a remote attacker to pote…
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Critical 9.1
Privilege escalation to cluster-admin on the Rancher local cluster through Fleet's agent management controller
SUSE Rancher Fleet clusters reference a kubeconfig secret that the controller uses to install and manage a Fleet agent on the target cluster. The controller did not sufficiently restrict which kubeconfig secrets a Fleet Cluster object was allowed to reference…
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Critical 9.0
Remote Code Execution in CGM CLININET
In the CGM CLININET application server, multiple processes responsible for HL7 communication with external systems run with root privileges while processing untrusted data received from those external systems. An attacker in adjacent network able to send data…
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Critical 9.6
Privilege elevation in Network in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engi…
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Critical 10.0
NVIDIA AIStore for Linux contains a vulnerability in the legacy ETL Kubernetes PodSpec initialization API where a remot…
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Critical 9.8
mJobTime 15.7.3.32 Unauthenticated SQL Execution RCE via Login.aspx
mJobTime through build 15.7.3.32 contains an unauthenticated SQL execution vulnerability in the Login.aspx admin panel handlers, where the runQueryButton postback and exportSqlQuery_Server PageMethod execute caller-supplied SQL against the backing Sybase SQL …
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Critical 9.4
Execution with unnecessary privileges in cPanel allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with root p…
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Critical 10.0CVE-2026-77521 Public exploit
MaxKB: Prompt-injectable agent can lead to command execution
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to version 2.10.5-lts, assistants with a tool, MCP tool, skill, or sub-application use SandboxShellBackend, which exposes an execute shell tool without excluding it and omits execute from interrupt_on…
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Critical 9.4
Browsertrix: Arbitrary Command Injection due to Improper Command Sanitization in Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors
Browsertrix is a high-fidelity, browser-based crawling service for web archiving that can be self-hosted or used through Webrecorder's hosted instance. From 1.15.0 until 1.22.8, Browsertrix improperly sanitizes Git URLs specified as Custom Behaviors, allowing…
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Critical 9.8
Hugo before v0.165.0 Insufficient Permission Restriction via TailwindCSS
Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissive configuration (--allow-addons, --allow-child-process, --a…
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Critical 9.3
Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains…
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Critical 9.9
Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: operator clusterrole is cluster-admin equivalent via impersonate, rbac write, csr approve, and manifestwork
A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. The operator's ClusterRole has permissions equivalent to a cluster administrator, allowing it to impersonate other entities, write Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configurations, approve Certificate Signing Requests (C…
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Critical 9.9
Multicloud-operators-subscription: multicloud-operators-subscription: hub and spoke serviceaccounts bound to wildcard rbac (*/*/*)
A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-subscription component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM). This vulnerability allows a namespace-admin tenant to perform a confused-deputy attack by creating Subscription Custom Resources (CRs) that lev…
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Critical 9.0
When applying replicated changes for a row that is missing one or more columns, pglogical evaluates the affected table'…
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Critical 9.4
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: https://docs.xens…
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Critical 9.4
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: https://docs.xens…
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Critical 9.4
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: https://docs.xens…
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Critical 9.4
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: https://docs.xens…
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Critical 9.4
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role Based Access Control. For more details, see: https://docs.xens…
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Critical 9.9
Microsoft Azure Synapse Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Azure Synapse allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Critical 9.6
Inappropriate implementation in Headless in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.115 allowed a remote attacker who had com…
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Critical 9.9
Fission: Environment Runtime.Container and Builder.Container SecurityContext bypass allows privileged pod creation
Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.24.0, a tenant with environments.fission.io create/update RBAC can run privileged / allowPrivilege…
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Critical 9.6
Inappropriate implementation in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker wh…
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Critical 9.4
CloudNativePG: Metrics exporter allows privilege escalation to PostgreSQL superuser and OS RCE
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.28.3, the CloudNativePG metrics exporter opens its PostgreSQL connection as the postgres superuser via the pod-local Unix socket, then de…
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Critical 9.1
Microsoft Dynamics 365 On-Premises Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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Critical 9.6
OpenC3 COSMOS: Administrative Actions via the Script Runner Tool
OpenC3 COSMOS provides the functionality needed to send commands to and receive data from one or more embedded systems. Prior to version 7.0.0-rc3, the Script Runner widget allows users to execute Python and Ruby scripts directly from the openc3-COSMOS-script…
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Critical 9.3
Security Vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 could allow a locally authenticated…
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Critical 9.8
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS versions from 2.19.0 up to 3.6.5, Mbed TLS 4.0.0. Insufficient protection of serial…
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Critical 9.9CVE-2026-25212 Public exploit
An issue was discovered in Percona PMM before 3.7. Because an internal database user retains specific superuser privile…
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Critical 10.0
GeoVision ERM Improper Privilege Assignment Leads to SYSTEM-Level Privilege
GV Edge Recording Manager (ERM) v2.3.1 improperly runs application components with SYSTEM-level privileges, allowing any local user to gain full control of the operating system. During installation, ERM creates a Windows service that runs under the LocalSyst…
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Critical 9.2
api-gateway-deploy Affected by Exploitable Command Injection via Unprivileged Root Execution
bleon-ethical/api-gateway-deploy provides API gateway deployment. Version 1.0.0 is vulnerable to an attack chain involving OS Command Injection and Privilege Escalation. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges within the con…
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Critical 9.1CVE-2026-25643 Public exploit
Frigate Affected by Authenticated Remote Command Execution (RCE) and Container Escape
Frigate is a network video recorder (NVR) with realtime local object detection for IP cameras. Prior to 0.16.4, a critical Remote Command Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been identified in the Frigate integration with go2rtc. The application does not saniti…
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Critical 9.8
IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture Arbitrary Command Execution
IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) 7.5.52 and 8.4.82 could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the system.
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Critical 9.3
Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in ServiceNow AI Platform
A vulnerability has been identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform that could enable an unauthenticated user to impersonate another user and perform the operations that the impersonated user is entitled to perform. ServiceNow has addressed this vulnerability b…
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Critical 9.8
NVIDIA Isaac Launchable contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an execution with unnecessary privileges…
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Critical 9.8
NVIDIA Isaac Launchable contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an execution with unnecessary privileges…
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Critical 9.4
MySQLWriteTool allows arbitrary/destructive SQL when exposed to untrusted prompts (agent “footgun”)
Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. In versions 2.8.11 and below, the MySQLWriteTool executes arbitrary SQL provided by the caller using PDO::prepare() + execute() without semantic restrictions. This is consistent with the name…
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Critical 9.3
Nagios Log Server < 2024R2.0.3 Logstash Process Root Privileges
Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R2.0.3 contain an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability as it runs its embedded Logstash process as the root user. If an attacker is able to compromise the Logstash process - for example by exploiting an i…