Log Injection in upKeeper Instant Privilege Access

Executive Summary

CVE-2026-10745 is an improper output neutralization for logs vulnerability in upKeeper Instant Privilege Access on Windows. It allows users to insert restricted characters or commands into request text that gets saved into application logs without proper neutralization.

This means that malicious input can be logged in a way that could be interpreted or executed by other systems that process these logs, leading to log injection, tampering, or forging.

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Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to compromise of systems that analyze or execute the log content exported from upKeeper Instant Privilege Access.

Attackers could exploit this to inject malicious commands or tamper with logs, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data manipulation, or further system compromise.

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Detection Guidance

This vulnerability involves improper output neutralization for logs, where restricted characters or commands can be included in request text and saved to application logs.

To detect this vulnerability on your system, you should review the logs of upKeeper Instant Privilege Access (versions through 1.6.1) for suspicious entries containing unusual or restricted characters that could indicate log injection attempts.

Since the vulnerability relates to log content, commands to search for suspicious patterns in log files could include using tools like grep on the log files to find unexpected characters or command sequences.

• Example command: grep -P '[\x00-\x1F\x7F]' /path/to/upkeeper/logfile.log
• Example command: grep -E '(;|&&|\|\|)' /path/to/upkeeper/logfile.log

These commands search for control characters or command separators that might indicate log injection attempts.

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Mitigation Strategies

The immediate mitigation step is to upgrade upKeeper Instant Privilege Access to version 1.7.0.5739 or later, where this vulnerability has been addressed.

Until the upgrade can be applied, monitor logs closely for suspicious entries and restrict access to log files to prevent exploitation through log injection.

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Compliance Impact

The provided information does not specify how the CVE-2026-10745 vulnerability affects compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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