CVE-2026-14551 PUBLISHED

Local Privilege Escalation in servereye client (sensorhub)

Assigner: NCSC.ch
Reserved: 03.07.2026 Published: 22.07.2026 Updated: 22.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor servereye GmbH
Product servereye Windows Agent (Sensorhub)
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 20.15 (incl.)
  • Version 20.16 is unaffected

Credits

  • Janik Wehrli of InfoGuard Labs finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions CWE
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path CWE