CVE-2026-5373: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in runZero Platform
CVE-2026-5373 is a high-severity vulnerability in the runZero Platform involving improper privilege management (CWE-269). It allowed all-organization administrators to promote accounts to superuser status, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality and integrity. The issue was resolved in version 4. 0. 260202. 0 of the runZero Platform. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3. 1 score of 8. 1, indicating high impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in the runZero Platform allowed users with all-organization administrator privileges to escalate other accounts to superuser status, representing improper privilege management (CWE-269). The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N) reflects a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges and user interaction, but causing a scope change and high confidentiality and integrity impact without availability impact. The issue was fixed in version 4.0.260202.0.
Potential Impact
Exploitation could allow an all-organization administrator to elevate other user accounts to superuser status, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality and integrity within the affected environment. There is no indication of availability impact. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in runZero Platform version 4.0.260202.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since the platform is not cloud-hosted, remediation depends on applying this update. Patch status beyond this is not explicitly stated; check vendor advisories for any additional guidance.
CVE-2026-5373: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in runZero Platform
Description
CVE-2026-5373 is a high-severity vulnerability in the runZero Platform involving improper privilege management (CWE-269). It allowed all-organization administrators to promote accounts to superuser status, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality and integrity. The issue was resolved in version 4. 0. 260202. 0 of the runZero Platform. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3. 1 score of 8. 1, indicating high impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in the runZero Platform allowed users with all-organization administrator privileges to escalate other accounts to superuser status, representing improper privilege management (CWE-269). The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N) reflects a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges and user interaction, but causing a scope change and high confidentiality and integrity impact without availability impact. The issue was fixed in version 4.0.260202.0.
Potential Impact
Exploitation could allow an all-organization administrator to elevate other user accounts to superuser status, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality and integrity within the affected environment. There is no indication of availability impact. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in runZero Platform version 4.0.260202.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since the platform is not cloud-hosted, remediation depends on applying this update. Patch status beyond this is not explicitly stated; check vendor advisories for any additional guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- runZero
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-01T19:51:11.510Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69d52346aaed68159a2ecae2
Added to database: 4/7/2026, 3:31:18 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 4:01:17 PM
Last updated: 5/22/2026, 10:37:27 AM
Views: 85
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