CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-14551

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Servereye client (sensorhub) versions 20.15 and earlier are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation. The SE3Recovery service running as SYSTEM monitors a directory for a trigger file; due to insufficient access restrictions, a local standard user can create the file and provide malicious JSON instructions, leading to overwriting a service binary and code execution with SYSTEM privileges.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can gain full SYSTEM-level control over the system, enabling persistent machine compromise.

Recommendation

Update Servereye client to a version later than 20.15. Restrict permissions on the %ProgramData%\ServerEye3\update\ directory for standard users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The servereye client (also known as sensorhub, technically ClientAgentContainerService) versions 20.15 and earlier are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation. The high-privileged service SE3Recovery (EmergencyRecoveryService.exe), running as SYSTEM, periodically monitors the directory %ProgramData%\ServerEye3\update\ for a trigger file named "update_available". Due to insufficient access restrictions on this directory, a local standard user can create the trigger file and provide a path to a directory containing malicious JSON instructions. The service subsequently executes the utility UpdaterAction.exe with SYSTEM privileges, which parses the instructions and performs an unvalidated file copy from a user-controlled source to a protected system destination (e.g., overwriting a service binary). This leads to full system compromise as the service automatically restarts the overwritten binary with SYSTEM privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS