CVE-2026-54001
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 4 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 authenticode table targeting a maliciously crafted binary, due to publisher information parsing in getOriginalProgramName. If exploited successfully, this could allow a potential local privilege escalation from standard user to SYSTEM. This issue is fixed in version 5.23.1.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4–7
ssvc
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affected products (1)
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also known as (2)
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references (12)
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- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/59a808cda96d5a089cf6ec147efe152459284d54cnnvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8923cnnvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1cnnvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-hr28-jvpx-68cxcnnvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/59a808cda96d5a089cf6ec147efe152459284d54enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8923enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-hr28-jvpx-68cxenisa_euvd
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