Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.

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Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sublimetext
Sublimetext sublime Text 3
Sublimetext sublime Text 4
Vendors & Products Sublimetext
Sublimetext sublime Text 3
Sublimetext sublime Text 4

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.
Title Sublime Text 4192/3207 Local Privilege Escalation via Update Staging Mechanism
Weaknesses CWE-494
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T17:00:11.662Z

Reserved: 2026-04-24T21:16:10.567Z

Link: CVE-2026-7006

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T17:00:04.321Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-18T16:17:09.940

Modified: 2026-09-22T20:25:55.870

Link: CVE-2026-7006

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-19T22:15:05Z

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