Local privilege escalation to low-privileged users
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Improper privilege management in Dell PowerPath for Windows before 8.0 SP2 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via unspecified vectors. Dell has not disclosed the affected component or the privileged operation it performs incorrectly on untrusted local input, and the public record does not expose a patch diff or root-cause detail beyond CWE-269. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access with no user interaction, and the published impact is bounded to privilege gain on the affected host.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Dell PowerPath for Windows before 8.0 SP2 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via unspecified vectors. Dell has not disclosed the affected component or the privileged operation it performs incorrectly on untrusted local input, and the public record does not expose a patch diff or root-cause detail beyond CWE-269. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access with no user interaction, and the published impact is bounded to privilege gain on the affected host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32802
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Unity Technologies
- Product
- PowerPath
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <8.0 SP2
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