Sublime HQ Sublime Text up to 4192/3207 Update Staging Mechanism privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Sublime HQ Sublime Text up to 4192/3207. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Update Staging Mechanism. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-7006. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sublime HQ Sublime Text up to 4192/3207. This affects an unknown function of the component Update Staging Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.

It is possible to read the advisory at gist.github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-7006 since 04/24/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Sublime HQ

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• Sublime Text

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• 3207
• 4192

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