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High 7.8Published May 11, 2026

CVE-2026-45393Local privilege escalation to SYSTEM in Cribl Edge for Windows

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A vulnerability chain in Cribl Edge for Windows before 4.17.1 allows a local authenticated user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Incorrect default permissions on the Windows installer's authentication directory (CWE-276) expose a cryptographic secret used for JWT signing and password-hash derivation, enabling forgery of administrative API tokens. The forged token can then be used to invoke a pipeline function that reaches an OS command sink (CWE-78) running in the SYSTEM context.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-276, CWE-78, CWE-20
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Cribl
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Jun 2, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Cribl Cribl Edge
cribl:edge (from the name)
before 4.17.1
CNA record

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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