Description
An improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in the command shell of Wind River VxWorks 7 when configured to enforce per-user command privileges. Under certain shell operations, a command may be evaluated without the privilege check that is normally applied, allowing an authenticated user with limited privileges to execute commands they are not authorized to run. Successful exploitation can result in privilege escalation, with impact to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. The issue affects all versions of VxWorks 7 prior to 26.09.  It has been fixed in 26.09.
Published: 2026-10-01
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Windriver
Windriver vxworks
Vendors & Products Windriver
Windriver vxworks

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics ssvc

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Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in the command shell of Wind River VxWorks 7 all versions up to 26.09. when configured to enforce per-user command privileges. Under certain shell operations, a command may be evaluated without the privilege check that is normally applied, allowing an authenticated user with limited privileges to execute commands they are not authorized to run. Successful exploitation can result in privilege escalation, with impact to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. Fixed in 26.09 An improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in the command shell of Wind River VxWorks 7 when configured to enforce per-user command privileges. Under certain shell operations, a command may be evaluated without the privilege check that is normally applied, allowing an authenticated user with limited privileges to execute commands they are not authorized to run. Successful exploitation can result in privilege escalation, with impact to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. The issue affects all versions of VxWorks 7 prior to 26.09.  It has been fixed in 26.09.

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in the command shell of Wind River VxWorks 7 all versions up to 26.09. when configured to enforce per-user command privileges. Under certain shell operations, a command may be evaluated without the privilege check that is normally applied, allowing an authenticated user with limited privileges to execute commands they are not authorized to run. Successful exploitation can result in privilege escalation, with impact to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. Fixed in 26.09
Title VxWorks 7 improper privilege management
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Windriver Vxworks
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WindRiver

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T18:11:40.875Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T16:57:29.934Z

Link: CVE-2026-104018

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T18:09:33.639Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-01T18:17:14.687

Modified: 2026-10-01T19:17:18.910

Link: CVE-2026-104018

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Updated: 2026-10-01T19:33:20Z

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