CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-54000
osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, on Windows, a local unprivileged attacker can cause a heap buffer out-of-bounds write if there is a query of the processes table targeting a maliciously crafted process, due to unchecked PEB string lengths in process command-line and current-directory reads. If exploited successfully, this could allow a potential local privilege escalation from standard user to SYSTEM. This issue is f
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"osquery","vendor":"osquery","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 5.23.1"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e8d263bef509c4ef19f88e8e9ab9eb953ed2850e227d567610abf00594edac78 · sha256:5610b7d8e11854a7… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e8d263bef509c4ef19f88e8e9ab9eb953ed2850e227d567610abf00594edac78 · sha256:5610b7d8e11854a7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/3d457c412eb0c986b0c37d8903edae8bc9f9e246","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/3d457c412eb0c986b0c37d8903edae8bc9f9e246"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e8d263bef509c4ef19f88e8e9ab9eb953ed2850e227d567610abf00594edac78 · sha256:5610b7d8e11854a7… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8934","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8934"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e8d263bef509c4ef19f88e8e9ab9eb953ed2850e227d567610abf00594edac78 · sha256:5610b7d8e11854a7… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e8d263bef509c4ef19f88e8e9ab9eb953ed2850e227d567610abf00594edac78 · sha256:5610b7d8e11854a7… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-4r78-6hg6-33gg","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-4r78-6hg6-33gg"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e8d263bef509c4ef19f88e8e9ab9eb953ed2850e227d567610abf00594edac78 · sha256:5610b7d8e11854a7… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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