CVE-2026-2449
Privilege escalation via argument injection in upKeeper Instant Privilege Access <=1.5.0
Is CVE-2026-2449 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-2449 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-2449?
CVE-2026-2449 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.0. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-2449?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-2449, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-2449 affect?
CVE-2026-2449 affects upKeeper Instant Privilege Access <= 1.5.0. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-2449?
Patch when released; enforce least privilege; monitor privileged threads.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Command injection hijacks a privileged thread, enabling privilege escalation.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 1.5.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.