Yamaha YMS-VPN8/YMS-VPN8-CP up to er.1.04.00 privileges management

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7.4$0-$5k1.92-

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Yamaha YMS-VPN8 and YMS-VPN8-CP up to er.1.04.00. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-97860. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Yamaha YMS-VPN8 and YMS-VPN8-CP up to er.1.04.00. Affected is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

YMS-VPN8 and YMS-VPN8-CP provided by Yamaha Corporation register Windows services with unquoted file paths. A user who has write permissions on the system drive may be able to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

The advisory is available at rtpro.yamaha.co.jp. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-97860 since 10/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/29/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 8.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.7
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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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Status: Not defined
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/13/2026 CVE reserved
10/29/2026 +16 days Advisory disclosed
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rtpro.yamaha.co.jp
Status: Not defined

CNA: jpcert
CVE: CVE-2026-97860 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-97860
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-428382

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2026 13:00
Changes: 10/29/2026 13:00 (72)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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