Hyland Desktop Host for Windows before 25.1.1 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation. This is caused by a privileged service running from the %PROGRAMDATA%\Hyland\DesktopHost\bin folder with weak permissions. A local user can exploit this to escalate privileges.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-276
Problem type
Affected products
Hyland
Desktop Host
< 25.1.1 - AFFECTED
References
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-110359Click to expand
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