CVE-2026-53694

Potential local privileges escalation through argument injection in the nxchmod.sh script

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 10, 2026 at 02:57 PM UTC
Updated: July 7, 2026 at 04:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNoMachine

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') vulnerability in Nomachine allows Argument Injection.This issue affects Nomachine: before 9.5.7, before 8.23.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.0.0 ≤ v < 8.23.27.0.0 ≤ v < 9.5.77.0.0
Affected range stops below 8.23.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.5.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Release Notes
Source: cverecord
https://kb.nomachine.com/SU05X00274
Release Notes
Source: cverecord
https://kb.nomachine.com/SU05X00275

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGHCIRCL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-88

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