CVE-2026-7006Sublime Text 4192/3207 Local Privilege Escalation via Update Staging Mechanism
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Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-494
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Sublime HQ Pty Ltd Sublime Text 4 sublime_hq:sublime_text_4 (from the name) | 4192 | CNA record |
Sublime HQ Pty Ltd Sublime Text 3 sublime_hq:sublime_text_3 (from the name) | 3207 | CNA record |
References
- https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175technical-description, exploit
- https://www.sublimetext.com/product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sublime-text-4192-3207-local-privilege-escalation-via-update-staging-mechanismthird-party-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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