CVE-2026-45176Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager Agent: Local Privilege Escalation via Internal Communication or File Operation Manipulation
- 8.9HighCVSS base score
- 0.12%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 98% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager Agent versions prior to 26.5 exhibit improper access control within high-privileged agent components. A local, low-privileged attacker could exploit this by manipulating an internal communication mechanism or file operation. Under specific circumstances, this could potentially allow the attacker to bypass permission restrictions and execute unauthorized local actions with elevated privileges. CyberArk Security Bulletin: CA26-19
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | High8.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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:Amber |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.12% · top 98% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.9.
Affected products
CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company · Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager
- affected 26.0 – < 26.5
What to do
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
References
References3
- https://docs.cyberark.com/epm/latest/en/content/release%20notes/rn-os-windows.htm#Version2650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://docs.cyberark.com/epm/latest/en/content/release%20notes/rn-os-macos.htm#Version2650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://docs.cyberark.com/epm/latest/en/content/release%20notes/rn-os-linux.htm#Version2650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-36291 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-45176)Record last updated .