Auth-to-designer privilege escalation in Inductive Automation Ignition (widely used OT platform) enables RCE in the Gateway, risking industrial process disruption across many operators.
CVE-2026-92817
Authenticated Vision user can escalate to Designer in Ignition Perspective, enabling code execution.
Is CVE-2026-92817 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-92817 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 0.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-92817?
CVE-2026-92817 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. 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-2026-92817?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-92817, 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-2026-92817 affect?
CVE-2026-92817 affects Inductive Automation Ignition (Perspective module), Ignition Gateway, Vision projects. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-92817?
Apply vendor updates when available; restrict Vision access, rotate creds, and monitor Gateway logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated privilege escalation to Designer allows arbitrary code execution in the Ignition Gateway process, enabling full gateway compromise and OT disruption.
Immediate action required