CVE-2026-14551CWE-269CWE-379CWE-73

Local Privilege Escalation in servereye client (sensorhub)

High · published July 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The servereye client (also known as sensorhub, technically ClientAgentContainerService) versions 20.15 and earlier are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation. The high-privileged service SE3Recovery (EmergencyRecoveryService.exe), running as SYSTEM, periodically monitors the directory %ProgramData%\ServerEye3\update\ for a trigger file named "update_available". Due to insufficient access restrictions on this directory, a local standard user can create the trigger file and provide a path to a directory containing malicious JSON instructions. The service subsequently executes the utility UpdaterAction.exe with SYSTEM privileges, which parses the instructions and performs an unvalidated file copy from a user-controlled source to a protected system destination (e.g., overwriting a service binary). This leads to full system compromise as the service automatically restarts the overwritten binary with SYSTEM privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00137 · 2.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management; CWE-379 · Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions; CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path
Published
2026-07-22T09:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JUL 09:42Z
    Local Privilege Escalation in servereye client (sensorhub)
    cvelistv5