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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-7006 EUVD-2026-82982GHSA-mc53-769g-2mv3

Sublime Text 4192/3207 Local Privilege Escalation via Update Staging Mechanism

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Sublime HQ Pty Sublime Text 4 4192 —
Sublime HQ Pty Sublime Text 3 3207 —

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