CVE-2026-18485

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Local Privilege Escalation in NI-PAL - NI

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/2026/local-privilege-escalation-in-ni-pal.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18485(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 67× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 20:58 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 22:14 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 23:34 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-17 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-17 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 01:00 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-16 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 02:26 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-15 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 03:53 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-15 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-14 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-14 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-14 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-13 17:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 06:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-12 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-12 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-12 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-11 20:49 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-11 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-11 09:32 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-11 09:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-10 22:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-10 10:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-09 23:40 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-09 23:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-09 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-09 01:07 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-09 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-08 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-08 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-08 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-07 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-07 03:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-06 16:42 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-06 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-06 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-06 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-06 04:25 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-06 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-05 20:32 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-05 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-05 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-05 19:00 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18485?
CVE-2026-18485 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-18485 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18485 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18485 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18485 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18485?
CVE-2026-18485 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18485?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18485, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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