CVE-2026-7006

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2026-09-18 16:17 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-09-22 20:25 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2026-09-18 16:17 UTC

Last modified

2026-09-22 20:25 UTC

Exploit probability

0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-494

Record status

Awaiting Analysis

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.0

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Attack requirements

None

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

Passive

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High