---
id: "CVE-2026-86578"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-86578"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-86578"]
title: "Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows: link following lets local users escalate"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["dynamic-link-manager", "hitachi", "infrastructure", "windows"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-11-10T05:18:11+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-10T05:19:58+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-10T05:22:20+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86578", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-10T05:19:58+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows: link following lets local users escalate

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-86578 (this .md is for agents)

Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows, versions 5.0.0-03 up to but not including 9.0.4-01, can be tricked into following a symbolic or junction link to a location the user should not reach. The sources do not say what an attacker can read or change through it.

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

## Affected

- vendor:Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- Check the installed Dynamic Link Manager version on Windows against the affected range `5.0.0-03` to `9.0.4-01`

## Fix

- Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows: move to `9.0.4-01` or later

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10T05:19:58+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86578

## From the sources

Link Following Vulnerability in Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows.

This issue affects Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Windows: from 5.0.0-03 before 9.0.4-01.

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