What is CVE-2026-83597?

CVE-2026-83597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netdata, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2026-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-83597?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Netdata

CVE-2026-83597

Netdata is an open source observability tool. From version 2.0.0 until 2.10.4, Netdata Windows Agent MSI repair launches powershell.exe and wevtutil.exe as elevated interactive processes in the initiating user's desktop session. A low-privileged local user who triggers repair can interact with or hijack those visible process windows to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges. This issue is fixed in stable version 2.10.4.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-09-22.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Netdata — versions >= 2.0.0, < 2.10.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-83597?: CVE-2026-83597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netdata, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2026-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-83597?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.