Local privilege escalation in JCT Airpointer
Priority LOW 35CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Due to excessive privileges granted to the web user running the airpointer web platform, a malicious actor that gains control of the this user would be able to privilege escalate to the root user
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00165 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4636
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fjc6-ph8v-27j9
References
More JCT vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-04134 Default credentials in JCT Airpointer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-04136 Remote code execution in JCT Airpointer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
- TI-2025-04135 Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-4636 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4636 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fjc6-ph8v-27j9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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