CVE-2026-18759Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 4 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

The background service of ABP or AES runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and implements a file-based inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism protected by AES encryption. Because the encryption key file is readable by standard users and protected using DPAPI. Any authenticated local user can recover the key and forge valid IPC requests. Furthermore, the service does not check the identity of the requesting process and validates destination paths using an insufficient substring check. A local attacker can submit crafted encrypted requests containing directory traversal sequences to perform arbitrary file reads and arbitrary file writes as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, leading to full local privilege escalation. Affected products and versions include: ABP (ASUSTOR Backup Plan) 2.0.7.10171 and earlier as well as AES (ASUSTOR EZSync) 1.1.1.3113 and earlier.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-269CWE-287

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 4 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 3 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • General: 2 classified signals
  • 4 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline4 mentions / 1d
01234Mentions · 2026-08-04: 4Technical Details · 2026-08-04: 308-04
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
250.0%
General
250.0%
Referenced assets4 URLs
Full discourse4 posts
  • CERT-PY@CERTpy
    General

    ⚠️ Vulnerabilidad en productos Asustor ❗ CVE-2026-18759 ➡️ Más info: https://www.cert.gov.py/vulnerabilidad-en-productos-asustor/ https://t.co/DoMyuZpQmT

    Post summary

    The post alerts users of a newly discovered CVE in Asustor products but offers no technical, exploit, or mitigation details.

    00010207
    6.7K followersView on X
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-18759 Local Privilege Escalation via Directory Traversal in ASUSTOR ABP and AES https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-18759

    Post summary

    The post identifies a directory‑traversal based local privilege escalation flaw in ASUSTOR ABP and AES, but offers no PoC, exploit code, patch information, or evidence of active exploitation.

    0000081
    4.1K followersView on X
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-18759 The background service of ABP or AES runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and implements a file-based inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism protected by AES encryption. … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18759 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-18759 El … http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The text announces CVE‑2026‑18759, providing basic technical details about the vulnerable service without indicating PoC, exploits, patches, or active attacks.

    0000035
    96 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-18759 The background service of ABP or AES runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and implements a file-based inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism protected by AES encryption. … https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18759

    Post summary

    The text announces CVE‑2026‑18759, describing its background service and IPC mechanism, but provides no PoC, exploit, patch, or evidence of active exploitation.

    00000894
    57.9K followersView on X

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