CVE-2026-18485: Local Privilege Escalation in NI-PAL
Published Aug 5, 2026
·Updated
There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability recently discovered in the NI-PAL kernel driver. This may allow a local, authenticated user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.1 and prior versions running on Microsoft Windows.
Affected Software
2 affected components
NI NI-PAL<=26.3.1
Microsoft Windows
Event History
Aug 5, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:39 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:39 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness