Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-5054 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-5054 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-5054?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 11 April 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- NoMachine NoMachine versions prior to 9.4.14.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-5054?
- A patch was published on 2026-03-30: Coordinated public release of advisory and fix in version 9.4.14 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-5054 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-5054?
- Check whether you run Nomachine. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NoMachine due to improper validation of user-supplied file paths in command line parameters (CWE-73). The flaw occurs when the application performs file operations using these unvalidated paths, allowing an attacker with low-privileged access to manipulate the execution flow. By exploiting this lack of path validation, an attacker can execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is addressed in NoMachine version 9.4.14. Exploitation requires the attacker to have existing local access to execute code on the target system.
Affected products
- NoMachine NoMachine versions prior to 9.4.14
Timeline
- 2026-02-06: other: Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2026-03-30: patched: Coordinated public release of advisory and fix in version 9.4.14
- 2026-04-11: disclosed: NVD publication date