Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-8036

HighUpdated

Published: 02 June 2026

Published
02 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0011 1.4th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-8036 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input (CWE-1285) vulnerability in Ni Ni-Pal. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 1.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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Vulnerability details

Improper input validation in NI-PAL may allow a local authenticated user to access arbitrary system memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.

CWE(s)
CWE-1285

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

Local authenticated memory access via input validation flaw directly enables exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

ni
ni-pal
≤ 26.3.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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