---
id: "CVE-2026-114594"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-114594"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114594"]
title: "Sandisk Dashboard installer race lets local users gain administrator rights"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "Sandisk Dashboard", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["other", "sandisk-dashboard", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["no-local-standard-users", "sandisk-dashboard-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-11-09T17:17:10+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-09T17:27:38+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-09T17:28:59+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114594", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-09T17:27:38+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Sandisk Dashboard installer race lets local users gain administrator rights

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-114594 (this .md is for agents)

The Sandisk Dashboard installer checks a binary staged in a user-writable temporary folder, then runs it with elevated rights, but a local user can swap the file in between. An authenticated standard user can therefore get code to run as an administrator on the Windows machine.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Sandisk Dashboard affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- Check whether Sandisk Dashboard is installed and its version, which the sources place at `5.2.2.3` or earlier

## Timeline

- 2026-11-09T17:27:38+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114594

## From the sources

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the Sandisk Dashboard installer allows a local, authenticated standard user to replace an installer-staged binary in a user-writable temporary directory between validation and execution. The elevated installer then executes the attacker-controlled binary, resulting in local privilege escalation to a high-integrity (administrative) context. This issue affects Sandisk Dashboard through 5.2.2.3.

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