What is GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg?

GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Improper input validation in NI-PAL may allow a local authenticated user to access arbitrary...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg cover?

GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-8036. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg?

GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrgHighCVSS 7.1

Improper input validation in NI-PAL may allow a local authenticated user to access arbitrary...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 2, 2026

Last Modified

June 2, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-8036 →

📋 Description

Improper input validation in NI-PAL may allow a local authenticated user to access arbitrary system memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8036
https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/2026/invalid-input-validation-vulnerabilities-in-ni-pal.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghx9-cc3j-7qrg