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CVE-2026-12518: Local privilege escalation in the Logi Options+ updater service on Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-14 · updated 2026-09-18
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Logitech Logi Options+ updater service on Windows allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.

Affected products

• Logitech Logi Options+: from 1.88.0 before 2.7.0 — fixed in 2.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Logitech Logi Options+ 2.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2026/september/a-peripheral-path-to-system---exploiting-logi-options+-for-system-shells/

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