Improper privilege management in Wellbia XIGNCODE3
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-284.
Summary
Improper access control in the IRP_MJ_WRITE command interface in Wellbia XIGNCODE3 xhunter2.sys, version 2026.6.1.192, allows a local, unprivileged attacker to achieve local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, extract credentials from PPL-protected lsass.exe, and terminate PPL-protected security processes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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-2026-15430
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gmfc-jwm3-239r
References
More Wellbia vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-03113 XIGNCODE3 xhunter1.sys kernel driver contains a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-15430 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15430 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gmfc-jwm3-239r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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