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6 vulnerabilities found for NI-PAL by NI

CVE-2026-8036 (GCVE-0-2026-8036)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-06-02 17:26 – Updated: 2026-06-04 03:55
VLAI
Title
Local privilege escalation in NI-PAL
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1285 - Improper validation of specified index, position, or offset in input
Assigner
NI
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NI NI-PAL Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.3.0 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Patrick Saif (@weezerOSINT)
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2026-8035 (GCVE-0-2026-8035)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-06-02 17:22 – Updated: 2026-06-03 14:08
VLAI
Title
NULL pointer dereference in NI-PAL
Summary
Improper input validation in the NI-PAL kernel driver may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by triggering a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL pointer dereference
Assigner
NI
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NI NI-PAL Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.3.0 (semverImproper input validation in the NI-PAL kernel driver may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Patrick Saif (@weezerOSINT)
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2021-38304 (GCVE-0-2021-38304)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2021-09-17 15:51 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Summary
Improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver in versions 20.0.0 and prior may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
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CVE-2026-8036 (GCVE-0-2026-8036)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-02 17:26 – Updated: 2026-06-04 03:55
VLAI
Title
Local privilege escalation in NI-PAL
Summary
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.
SSVC
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CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1285 - Improper validation of specified index, position, or offset in input
Assigner
NI
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NI NI-PAL Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.3.0 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
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Patrick Saif (@weezerOSINT)
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2026-8035 (GCVE-0-2026-8035)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-02 17:22 – Updated: 2026-06-03 14:08
VLAI
Title
NULL pointer dereference in NI-PAL
Summary
Improper input validation in the NI-PAL kernel driver may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by triggering a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL pointer dereference
Assigner
NI
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NI NI-PAL Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.3.0 (semverImproper input validation in the NI-PAL kernel driver may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by)
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Credits
Patrick Saif (@weezerOSINT)
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CVE-2021-38304 (GCVE-0-2021-38304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-17 15:51 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Summary
Improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver in versions 20.0.0 and prior may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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