NoMachine Named Pipe Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
CVE-2026-111184 · GHSA-555x-8g98-cxm4 · EUVD-2026-107396 · published 21 Oct 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- NoMachine NoMachine: 9.7.3
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
NoMachine Named Pipe Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of NoMachine. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the NoMachine Device Service. The issue results from incorrect permissions on a named pipe. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-31213.
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References
Merged from ENISA EUVD. Last updated 23 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON