CVE-2026-45393
⚠️ highSummary
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 Score
7.8
High
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-12
First Seen: 2026-05-17
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.5% of all 365,987 vulnerabilities in our database.
#115,145
Above average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 15, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
🏆 Discovered By
Abdulaziz M. Almetairy, Saudi Aramco
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-06-02
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X