CVE-2026-18485 — Local Privilege Escalation in NI-PAL

CVE-2026-18485

Local Privilege Escalation in NI-PAL PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
NI / NI-PAL	affected 0 through 26.3.1

CWE

CWE-1285

References

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

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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