CVE-2026-19189: Power Sofware PowerISO Kernel Driver scdemu.sys privileges management

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-07 · updated 2026-10-23
Weakness: CWE-266

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Power Sofware PowerISO 9.3.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library C:\Windows\System32\drivers\scdemu.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation results in improper privilege management. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products

Power Sofware PowerISO: 9.3.0.0

References

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19189
https://vuldb.com/submit/864536
https://vuldb.com/vuln/386707
https://vuldb.com/vuln/386707/cti
https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/poweriso-9300-kernel-driver-6900-local-privilege-escalation-via-arbitrary-registry-write-or-deletion

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