CVE-2026-8148
Published: 08 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8148 is a high-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Naver (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 1.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Designation of a manager and policy dissemination ensures privileges are assigned according to defined roles.
Regular reviews catch incorrect privilege assignments to users, roles, or processes.
Explicitly specifying privileges and group/role memberships for accounts reduces the risk of incorrect privilege assignments.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.
NVD Description
NAVER MYBOX Explorer for Windows before 3.0.11.160 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via registry manipulation due to improper privilege checks.
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
Details
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