Local Privilege Escalation in Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client for Linux

published 2026-11-03 8d ago modified 2026-11-06 5d ago also EUVD-2026-116205

cvss: 7.1; 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 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in the Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client. Successful exploitation could allow a local attacker with low privileges to escalate privileges on the affected system.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5d ago (2026-11-06)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Virtual Intranet Access (VIA)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

References

support.hpe.com /hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05173en_us&docLocale=en_US

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-95728
NVD CVE-2026-95728

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