CVE-2026-4130 PUBLISHED

Storage of Sensitive Information in Cleartext in NI SystemLink

Assigner: NI
Reserved: 13.03.2026 Published: 10.09.2026 Updated: 10.09.2026

There is a storage of sensitive information in cleartext vulnerability in NI SystemLink. This vulnerability may allow an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information stored by the system in the clear. This vulnerability affects NI SystemLink and NI SystemLink Server 2026 Q3 and prior versions.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	NI
Product	SystemLink
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26.5.0 (incl.)

Vendor	NI
Product	SystemLink Server
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26.5.0 (incl.)

References

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/2026/storage-of-sensitive-information-in-cleartext-in-ni-systemlink.html

Problem Types

CWE-312 Cleartext storage of sensitive information CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data