GE Vernova Enervista 8.6 on Windows path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in GE Vernova Enervista 8.6 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-1763. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GE Vernova Enervista 8.6 on Windows. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in GE Vernova Enervista UR Setup on Windows.This issue affects Enervista: 8.6 and previous versions.

The weakness was shared by Reid Wightman. The advisory is shared for download at gevernova.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-1763 since 02/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
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CNA Base Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-35 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/02/2026 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +9 days Advisory disclosed
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/27/2026 +16 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gevernova.com
Researcher: Reid Wightman
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-1763 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-1763
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345404

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 05:08
Updated: 02/27/2026 16:49
Changes: 02/11/2026 05:08 (61), 02/27/2026 16:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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