CVE-2026-8036

FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Jun 2, 2026Last modified: Jun 2, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 0, <= 26.3.0CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:ni:ni-pal::::::::
		<= 26.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:ni:ni-pal::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.4HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Attack Requirements

NONE

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

VS Confidentiality

HIGH

VS Integrity

HIGH

VS Availability

NONE

SS Confidentiality

NONE

SS Integrity

NONE

SS Availability

NONE

Exploit Maturity

NOT_DEFINED

CvssVersion

4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.11%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

1.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-25

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 6th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ni.com / en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/2026/invalid-input-validation-vulnerabilities-in-ni-pal.html

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