Kaspersky Network Agent/Administration Server Network Agent privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Kaspersky Network Agent and Administration Server. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Network Agent. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-88941. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Kaspersky Network Agent and Administration Server (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Network Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kaspersky has fixed a vulnerability in the Network Agent for Windows module of Kaspersky Security Center. The vulnerability could potentially cause the Network Agent module of Kaspersky Security Center to malfunction. There are no evidence of the vulnerability exploitation in-the-wild.

The advisory is shared at support.kaspersky.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-88941 since 09/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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CNA Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/10/2026 CVE reserved
10/29/2026 +49 days Advisory disclosed
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kaspersky.com

Advisory: support.kaspersky.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: Kaspersky
CVE: CVE-2026-88941 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-88941
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-428329

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2026 10:37
Changes: 10/29/2026 10:37 (72)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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