CVE-2026-83597
HIGHCVSS 7.0Description
Netdata is an open source observability tool. From version 2.0.0 until 2.10.4, Netdata Windows Agent MSI repair launches powershell.exe and wevtutil.exe as elevated interactive processes in the initiating user's desktop session. A low-privileged local user who triggers repair can interact with or hijack those visible process windows to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges. This issue is fixed in stable version 2.10.4.
Timeline
Published:September 22nd, 2026 6:17 PM
Last modified:September 23rd, 2026 6:28 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.0 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/commit/d762782697623a98b51b4e41f7fe2d12404f0662
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/22751
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/tag/v2.10.4
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/security/advisories/GHSA-jmv4-pq25-crvv
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/security/advisories/GHSA-jmv4-pq25-crvv
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute