Andre Gironda@AndreGironda
Cert Polska , Incorrect auth in NordVPN before 8.12 for Windows Service Management -- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/10/CVE-2026-106030
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CVE-2026-106030
LOWCVSS 6.8 · MEDIUMSignal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window
Immediate actions
- Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability
Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle
NVD description
NordVPN for Windows allows local attackers to stop unprotected Windows system services and change their startup type to Manual via named pipes. The NordVPN user-mode application allows a low-privileged attacker to act as a trusted process and connect to the named pipe "\\.\pipe\nord-security\v1\NordVpnService\Server". The attacker can then invoke the "ISettingsGrpc.StopService" and "ISettingsGrpc.ChangeServiceStartType" methods with an arbitrary service name, allowing them to stop any unprotected Windows service and change its startup type. This leads to denial of service of critical system services. Services protected by Windows (PPL processes, Windows Tamper Protection), such as Windows Defender, cannot be stopped or reconfigured. This issue was fixed in version 8.12
0.0/ 10 priority
Sources & remediation
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-863
Priority
LOW
Exploitation
NONE
PoC
NONE
Patch
NONE
Momentum
NONE
Threat summary
- 1 mentions across 1 observed day
What's happening
- 1 total mentions across 1 day
Deep dive
Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
Referenced assets1 URL
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