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 8 of 9
- CVE-2026-23528MEDIUMCVSS 6.1EG 6.12026-01-16
Dask distributed is a distributed task scheduler for Dask. Prior to 2026.1.0, when Jupyter Lab, jupyter-server-proxy, and Dask distributed are all run together, it is possible to craft a URL which will result in code being executed by Jupy…
- CVE-2024-28140MEDIUMCVSS 6.1EG 6.12024-12-11
The scanner device boots into a kiosk mode by default and opens the Scan2Net interface in a browser window. This browser is run with the permissions of the root user. There are also several other applications running as root user. This ca…
- CVE-2026-20017MEDIUMCVSS 6.0EG 6.02026-03-04
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid admi…
- CVE-2025-32955MEDIUMCVSS 6.0EG 6.02025-04-21
Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Versions from 0.12.0 to before 2.12.0 are vulnerable to `disable-sudo` bypass. Harden-Runner includes a policy option `disable-sudo` to prevent the …
- CVE-2023-20210MEDIUMCVSS 6.0EG 6.02023-07-12
A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An att…
- CVE-2025-1790MEDIUMCVSS 5.8EG 5.82026-02-13
Local privilege escalation in Genetec Sipelia Plugin. An authenticated low-privileged Windows user could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.
- CVE-2026-25740MEDIUMCVSS 5.8EG 5.82026-02-09
captive browser, a dedicated Chrome instance to log into captive portals without messing with DNS settings. In 25.05 and earlier, when programs.captive-browser is enabled, any user of the system can run arbitrary commands with the CAP_NET_…
- CVE-2024-47903MEDIUMCVSS 5.8EG 5.82024-10-23
A vulnerability has been identified in InterMesh 7177 Hybrid 2.0 Subscriber (All versions < V8.2.12), InterMesh 7707 Fire Subscriber (All versions < V7.2.12 only if the IP interface is enabled (which is not the default configuration)). The…
- CVE-2020-26278MEDIUMCVSS 5.8EG 5.82021-01-20
Weave Net is open source software which creates a virtual network that connects Docker containers across multiple hosts and enables their automatic discovery. Weave Net before version 2.8.0 has a vulnerability in which can allow an attacke…
- CVE-2026-110150MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-10-13
Privilege elevation in Installer in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 155.0.8059.79 allowed a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via a local program. (Chromium security severity: High)
- CVE-2026-87709MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-10-13
Improper access control in Windows Host Guardian Service allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
- CVE-2025-58379MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-02-03
Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1 has a vulnerability that could allow a local authenticated attacker to reveal command line passwords using commands that may expose higher privilege sensitive information by a lower privileged user.
- CVE-2025-36059MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-01-20
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers 25.0.0 through 25.0.0 Interim Fix 002, 24.0.1 through 24.0.1 Interim Fix 005, and 24.0.0 through 24.0.0 Interim Fix 006. IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation could allow a local user with access…
- CVE-2025-24814MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52025-01-27
Core creation allows users to replace "trusted" configset files with arbitrary configuration Solr instances that (1) use the "FileSystemConfigSetService" component (the default in "standalone" or "user-managed" mode), and (2) are running …
- CVE-2021-38118MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-11-22
Possible improper input validation Vulnerability in iManager has been discovered in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.4.0000.
- CVE-2023-20217MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52023-08-16
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient …
- CVE-2021-0256MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-04-22
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the mosquitto message broker of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access the ability to read portions of sensitive files, such as the master.pass…
- CVE-2021-0255MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-04-22
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtraceroute is shipped wi…
- CVE-2026-11626MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 5.42026-06-10
CleanWipe Removal Tool (macOS), prior to 16.0.0.65, may be susceptible to an Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker with limited privilege access on an affected system can escalate their pri…
- CVE-2025-62402MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 5.42025-10-30
API users via `/api/v2/dagReports` could perform Dag code execution in the context of the api-server if the api-server was deployed in the environment where Dag files were available.
- CVE-2024-20420MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 5.42024-10-16
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to run commands as an Admin user. This vulnerability is d…
- CVE-2023-27312MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 5.42023-10-12
SnapCenter Plugin for VMware vSphere versions 4.6 prior to 4.9 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow authenticated unprivileged users to modify email and snapshot name settings within the VMware vSphere user interface.
- CVE-2025-62876MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-11-12
A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root.This issue affects lightdm-kde-greeter. before 6.0.4.
- CVE-2025-6894MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-10-17
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability has been identified in Moxa’s network security appliances and routers. A flaw in the API authorization logic of the affected device allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to ex…
- CVE-2018-10892MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32018-07-06
The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling bluetooth or turning up/down keybo…
- CVE-2026-30225MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 5.32026-03-06
OliveTin gives access to predefined shell commands from a web interface. Prior to version 3000.11.1, an authentication context confusion vulnerability in RestartAction allows a low‑privileged authenticated user to execute actions they ar…
- CVE-2023-39261MEDIUMCVSS 5.2EG 5.22023-07-26
In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2023.2 plugin for Space was requesting excessive permissions
- CVE-2003-0043MEDIUMCVSS v2 5.0EG 5.02003-02-07
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.
- CVE-2026-50565MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92026-06-10
Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.24.0, Fission builder pods were created with ServiceAccountName: fission-build…
- CVE-2026-22549MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92026-02-04
A vulnerability exists in F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services that may allow excessive permissions to read cluster secrets. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- CVE-2026-42890MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82026-06-08
Actual is an open-source personal finance application. In the macOS desktop application version 25.x (built on Electron 39.2.7), the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE fuse is not disabled, allowing an attacker who can place a file on disk or control co…
- CVE-2024-8903MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72024-09-23
Local active protection service settings manipulation due to unnecessary privileges assignment. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows, macOS) before build 38565.
- CVE-2024-28005MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72024-03-28
Aterm WG1800HP4, WG1200HS3, WG1900HP2, WG1200HP3, WG1800HP3, WG1200HS2, WG1900HP, WG1200HP2, W1200EX(-MS), WG1200HS, WG1200HP, WF300HP2, W300P, WF800HP, WR8165N, WG2200HP, WF1200HP2, WG1800HP2, WF1200HP, WG600HP, WG300HP, WF300HP, WG1800HP…
- CVE-2018-16888MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72019-01-14
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to w…
- CVE-2025-62503MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-10-30
User with CREATE and no UPDATE privilege for Pools, Connections, Variables could update existing records via bulk create API with overwrite action.
- CVE-2025-42943MEDIUMCVSS 4.5EG 4.52025-08-12
SAP GUI for Windows may allow the leak of NTML hashes when specific ABAP frontend services are called with UNC paths. For a successful attack, the attacker needs developer authorization in a specific Application Server ABAP to make changes…
- CVE-2026-19087MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42026-09-23
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation within the container due to improper privilege management.
- CVE-2026-47190MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42026-05-29
IPAM is the IP address Manager for Cluster API Provider Metal3. Prior to versions 1.11.7, 1.12.4, and 1.13.0, the IPAM controller's ClusterRole granted full CRUD permissions (create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch) on core/v1 Secr…
- CVE-2026-20037MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42026-02-25
A vulnerability in the NX-OS CLI privilege levels of Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with read-only privileges to modify files and perform unauthorized actions on an affected system. This vu…
- CVE-2025-61909MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42025-10-16
Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. From 2.10.0 to before 2.15.1, 2.14.7, and 2.13.13, the safe-reload script (also used during systemctl reload icinga2) and logrotate configuration shipped with Icinga 2 read the PID of the main …
- CVE-2024-8266MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42025-02-13
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.1 prior to 17.6.0, which allows an attacker with maintainer role to trigger a pipeline as project owner under certain circumstances.
- CVE-2023-37412MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42025-01-29
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.10 could allow a privileged user to make system changes without proper access controls.
- CVE-2024-32853MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42024-07-02
Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.7.0.2 contain an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges.
- CVE-2023-27247MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42023-03-28
Cynet Client Agent v4.6.0.8010 allows attackers with Administrator rights to disable the EDR functions by disabling process privilege tokens.
- CVE-2024-11821MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32025-03-20
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in langgenius/dify version 0.9.1. This vulnerability allows a normal user to modify Orchestrate instructions for a chatbot created by an admin user. The issue arises because the application does …
- CVE-2026-54319MEDIUMCVSS 4.2EG 4.22026-06-18
Daytona is a secure and elastic infrastructure runtime for AI-generated code execution and agent workflows. Prior to 0.186, a sandbox volume reference (volumeId, which may also be a volume name) was forwarded to the runner and used to buil…
- CVE-2020-7252MEDIUMCVSS 4.2EG 4.22020-02-17
Unquoted service executable path in DXL Broker in McAfee Data eXchange Layer (DXL) Framework 6.0.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and malicious file execution via carefully crafted and named executable files.
- CVE-2026-22008LOWCVSS 3.7EG 3.72026-04-21
Vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). The supported version that is affected is Oracle Java SE: 25.0.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to co…
- CVE-2026-79942LOWCVSS 3.4EG 3.42026-09-09
Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially …
- CVE-2025-20185LOWCVSS 3.4EG 3.42025-02-05
A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attac…
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