ZDI 2026-11-03

ZDI-26-863: Quest Foglight for Databases EncryptionUtil Hardcoded Encyption Key Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2026-92199

Machine-generated analysis · WAYSCloud LLM

The advisory notes a hardcoded encryption key in EncryptionUtil enables local privilege escalation.

Context

Quest Foglight for Databases is the affected product. The vulnerability is a hardcoded encryption key in EncryptionUtil that allows local privilege escalation. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on the system.

Operator considerations

Check: Verify installations of Quest Foglight for Databases and the presence of the vulnerable EncryptionUtil component.
Isolate: Restrict execution of low-privileged code on hosts running Foglight to limit the escalation path.

From Zero Day Initiative ↗

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Quest Foglight for Databases. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-92199.

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