MEDIUM 5.4 NVD
CVE-2026-104474
OpenLiteSpeed before 1.9.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in admin/misc/lsup.sh that runs unverified update packages from a nobody-writable
OpenLiteSpeed before 1.9.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in admin/misc/lsup.sh that runs unverified update packages from a nobody-writable directory as root. Attackers controlling the nobody web process can replace the package in /usr/local/lsws/autoupdate/ before extraction, so its install.sh runs as root on the next update.
References
- https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/blob/v1.9.2/dist/admin/misc/lsup.sh#L538
- https://github.com/litespeedtech/openlitespeed/commit/468523ce84388cea9ba6633c26517bc05b3e
- https://openlitespeed.org/release-log/version-1-9-x/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openlitespeed-before-1.9.3-local-privilege-escalation
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4 was published on 2026-10-03 via NVD.
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