CVE-2020-36958

Kite 1.2020.1119.0 - 'KiteService' Unquoted Service Path

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

26 Jan 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Kite 1.2020.1119.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files\Kite\KiteService.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges on the system.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Kite · Kite

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49205 https://www.kite.com/https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kite-kiteservice-unquoted-service-path