CVE-2026-104474 json
OpenLiteSpeed before 1.9.3 Local Privilege Escalation via lsup.sh Auto-Update
published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-91850
- cvss
- 6.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
OpenLiteSpeed before 1.9.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in admin/misc/lsup.sh that runs unverified update packages from a nobody-writable directory as root. Attackers controlling the nobody web process can replace the package in /usr/local/lsws/autoupdate/ before extraction, so its install.sh runs as root on the next update.
Patch / fix
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- litespeedtech openlitespeed
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References
-
github.com
/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/commit/468523ce84388cea9ba6633c26517bc05b3e2bc1
patch
-
openlitespeed.org
/release-log/version-1-9-x/
vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/blob/v1.9.2/dist/admin/misc/lsup.sh#L538
technical-description
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/openlitespeed-before-1.9.3-local-privilege-escalation-via-lsup-sh-auto-update
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-104474
- NVD CVE-2026-104474
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