Privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Atera Agent 1.8.4.4 and prior on…
Priority HIGH 69Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Atera Agent 1.8.4.4 and prior on Windows due to mishandling of privileged APIs.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00557 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-26078
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5v7f-353x-hqpg
References
More Atera vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-11310 Atera Agent through 1.8.3.6 on Windows Creates a Temporary File in a Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-26078 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-26078 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5v7f-353x-hqpg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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