CWE-250— Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.— MITRE CWE catalog
403 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-250page 4 of 9
- CVE-2024-35142HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42024-05-31
IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0 through 10.0.6 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to execution of unnecessary privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 292418.
- CVE-2024-27260HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42024-05-16
IBM AIX could 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1 allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 283985.
- CVE-2024-27110HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42024-05-14
Elevation of privilege vulnerability in GE HealthCare EchoPAC products
- CVE-2022-41290HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42022-12-23
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the rm_rlcache_file command to obtain root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 236690.
- CVE-2023-30998HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.42024-06-27
IBM Security Access Manager Docker 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.7.1 could allow a local user to obtain root access due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 254649.
- CVE-2023-30997HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 8.42024-06-27
IBM Security Access Manager Docker 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.7.1 could allow a local user to obtain root access due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 254638.
- CVE-2026-106378HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32026-10-06
Privilege elevation in Sandbox in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security s…
- CVE-2026-87506HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32026-09-09
Privilege elevation in WebUI in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security s…
- CVE-2023-27313HIGHCVSS 8.3EG 8.32023-10-12
SnapCenter versions 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow an authenticated unprivileged user to gain access as an admin user.
- CVE-2024-21924HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22025-02-11
SMM callout vulnerability within the AmdPlatformRasSspSmm driver could allow a ring 0 attacker to modify boot services handlers, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2024-52799HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22024-11-21
Argo Workflows Chart is used to set up argo and its needed dependencies through one command. Prior to 0.44.0, the workflow-role has excessive privileges, the worst being create pods/exec, which will allow kubectl exec into any Pod in the s…
- CVE-2024-20999HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22024-04-16
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracl…
- CVE-2022-22239HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22022-10-18
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges on the device and potentially r…
- CVE-2022-21699HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22022-01-19
IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, originally developed for the Python programming language. Affected versions are subject to an arbitrary code execution vulnerabili…
- CVE-2026-17445HIGHCVSS 6.5EG 8.22026-08-12
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper validation of an attacker-supplied user profile name.
- CVE-2026-84787HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12026-09-23
ZohoCorp ManageEngine OpManager and Firewall Analyzer versions 12.8.710 and below were vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability that allowed an authenticated low-privilege user to gain Administrator privileges through Report Prof…
- CVE-2026-42088HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12026-05-04
OpenC3 COSMOS provides the functionality needed to send commands to and receive data from one or more embedded systems. Prior to version 7.0.0-rc3, the Script Runner widget allows users to execute Python and Ruby scripts directly from the …
- CVE-2026-55225HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-06-18
Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, an attacker who can create a Kafka custom resource can set Kafka.spec.entityOperator watch…
- CVE-2025-23181HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-04-29
CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
- CVE-2025-23180HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-04-29
CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
- CVE-2023-1943HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02023-10-12
Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode.
- CVE-2021-25653HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-06-24
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities (AVPU) that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1 versions of AVPU.
- CVE-2021-25651HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02021-06-24
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Utility Services that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects all 7.x versions of Avaya Aura Utility Services
- CVE-2018-1087HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02018-05-15
kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation …
- CVE-2020-10684HIGHCVSS 7.9EG 7.92020-03-24
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x prior to 2.7.17, 2.8.9 and 2.9.6 respectively, when using ansible_facts as a subkey of itself and promoting it to a variable when inject is enabled, overwriting the an…
- CVE-2026-102118HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-09-30
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.
- CVE-2026-53605HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-09-30
Reachy Mini ISO for Wireless contains the necessary files to build a custom Raspberry Pi OS image for the Reachy Mini Wireless robot, using pi-gen. Prior to version 0.2.4, the Reachy Mini Wireless OS image shipped with an overly broad sudo…
- CVE-2026-30512HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-08-24
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Restricted Access (Kiosk) Mode implementation of Scheidt & Bachmann entervo HMI prior to V2 R5 P0 M5. The vulnerability affects the external PDF viewer functionality used to display …
- CVE-2026-24183HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-08-18
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux contains a vulnerability in the user management component, where an unprivileged user could use improper privilege management on the system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privil…
- CVE-2026-67609HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-08-03
Telenia Software TVox 26.5.3 and prior 26.x versions, and 24.9.21 and prior 24.x versions, contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows attackers with access to the apache account to execute arbitrary commands as root by exploi…
- CVE-2026-14172HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-24
Rapid7 InsightVM, Nexpose, and the Insight Agent execute discovered executables during authenticated assessment without validating file ownership, allowing a local low-privileged user to run code as the scan credential (Scan Engine) or as …
- CVE-2026-14985HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-22
The Analog Way Picturall Quad Compact Mark II version 3.5.8, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the core firmware. This is due to improper privilege delegation and insufficient input validation in a maintenance script.
- CVE-2026-8933HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-21
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in snap-confine, a set-capabilities core component used internally by Canonical snapd to construct the secure execution environment for snap applications. This vulnerability uniquely affect…
- CVE-2026-12505HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-06-18
A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this b…
- CVE-2025-12694HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-06-04
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Forcepoint VPN Client that allows a local non-administrative user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This issue affects VPN Client for Windows: versions 6.11.3 and prior.
- CVE-2026-3623HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-05-27
IBM Netezza Performance Server Replication Services 3.0.2.0 through 3.0.5.0 allows an attacker with low‑privileged access to escalate their privileges to root. By exploiting this flaw, the attacker can execute root‑level commands, obta…
- CVE-2026-25908HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-04-27
Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC), versions prior to 6.13.8.0, contain an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the AWCC. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading…
- CVE-2026-33793HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-04-09
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the User Interface (UI) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged attacker to gain root privileges, thus compromising the system. When a co…
- CVE-2025-69783HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-03-16
A local attacker can bypass OpenEDR's 2.5.1.0 self-defense mechanism by renaming a malicious executable to match a trusted process name (e.g., csrss.exe, edrsvc.exe, edrcon.exe). This allows unauthorized interaction with the OpenEDR kernel…
- CVE-2025-12690HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-03-11
Execution with unnecessary privileges in Forcepoint NGFW Engine allows local privilege escalation.This issue affects NGFW Engine through 6.10.19, through 7.3.0, through 7.2.4, through 7.1.10.
- CVE-2026-3315HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-03-10
Incorrect Default Permissions, : Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in ASSA ABLOY Visionline on Windows allows Configuration/Environment Manipulation.This issue affe…
- CVE-2026-27208HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-02-24
bleon-ethical/api-gateway-deploy provides API gateway deployment. Version 1.0.0 is vulnerable to an attack chain involving OS Command Injection and Privilege Escalation. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privi…
- CVE-2026-0870HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-02-09
MacroHub developed by GIGABYTE has a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. Due to the MacroHub application launching external applications with improper privileges, allowing authenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary code with …
- CVE-2026-1680HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-01-30
Improper access control in the WCF endpoint in Edgemo (now owned by Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service 1.2.7.23180 on Windows allows a local user to escalate their privileges to local administrator via direct communication with the LocalAdm…
- CVE-2025-34290HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-12-20
Versa SASE Client for Windows versions released between 7.8.7 and 7.9.4 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the audit log export functionality. The client communicates user-controlled file paths to a privileged service, w…
- CVE-2025-48573HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-12-08
In sendCommand of MediaSessionRecord.java, there is a possible way to launch the foreground service while the app is in the background due to FGS while-in-use abuse. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execu…
- CVE-2025-36186HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-11-07
IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) under specific configurations could allow a local user to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary…
- CVE-2025-10885HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-11-06
A maliciously crafted file, when executed on the victim's machine, can lead to privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM due to an insufficient validation of loaded binaries. An attacker with local and low-privilege access could exploit …
- CVE-2025-43990HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-11-05
Dell Command Monitor (DCM), versions prior to 10.12.3.28, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Pr…
- CVE-2025-33003HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-10-31
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 could allow a non-root user to gain higher privileges/capabilities within the scope of a container due to execution with unnecessary privileges.
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