CVE-2026-18485 — Local Privilege Escalation in NI-PAL
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 execu…
Published: 2026-08-05 · CVSS: 8.5 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7