CVE-2026-54000

Summary

osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, on Windows, a local unprivileged attacker can cause a heap buffer out-of-bounds write if there is a query of the processes table targeting a maliciously crafted process, due to unchecked PEB string lengths in process command-line and current-directory reads. If exploited successfully, this could allow a potential local privilege escalation from standard user to SYSTEM. This issue is fixed in version 5.23.1.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-122: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-4r78-6hg6-33gg
• https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8934
• https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/3d457c412eb0c986b0c37d8903edae8bc9f9e246
• https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.23.1

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