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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-18485 EUVD-2026-53579GHSA-mw2w-74q7-6fc4

Local Privilege Escalation in NI-PAL

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 6, 2026 · Assigned by NI

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NI NI-PAL ≤ 26.3.1 —

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