Kaspersky has fixed a vulnerability in the Network Agent for Windows module of Kaspersky Security Center. The vulnerability could…

Description

Kaspersky has fixed a vulnerability in the Network Agent for Windows module of Kaspersky Security Center. The vulnerability could potentially cause the Network Agent module of Kaspersky Security Center to malfunction. There are no evidence of the vulnerability exploitation in-the-wild.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.14% · top 96% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

• CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-306 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Kaspersky · Network Agent

  • affected 16.3.0.1207
  • affected 16.2.0.1477
  • affected 16.2.0.1023
  • affected 16.2.0.917
  • affected 16.1.0.6517
  • affected 16.0.0.254
  • affected 15.4.0.8952
  • affected 15.3.0.392
  • affected 15.2.0.442
  • affected 15.1.0.20748
  • affected 15.1.0.11795
  • affected 14.0.0.20023
  • affected 10.5.1781

• Kaspersky · Administration Server

  • affected 15.1.0.22239
  • affected 15.1.0.20748

What to do

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Security Center for Linux should install the Network Agent for Windows module, version 17.0.0.3992, from the Kaspersky Security Center 17 distribution package.

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Security Center for Windows should install the Administration Server module (version 15.1.0.28509) from the Kaspersky Security Center 15.1 Update 3 for Windows distribution package, and then install the Network Agent for Windows module (version 17.0.0.3992).

Solution: Users running Network Agent on Windows XP should install the updated Network Agent for Windows XP SP3 module version 14.0.0.20145 or the Network Agent for Windows XP SP2 module version 10.5.0.1781 (the build number has not changed).

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Next Expert View (Kaspersky Next) should install the updated Network Agent for Windows module version 16.2.0.1547 from the list of current versions of Kaspersky applications.

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Next Expert View (Kaspersky Next) who use Network Agent on Windows XP should install the updated Network Agent for Windows XP SP3 module version 14.0.0.20145 from the list of current versions of Kaspersky applications.

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Virtualization 5.2 Light Agent should install the updated Administration Server for Windows and Network Agent for Windows modules.

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud (also referred to as Kaspersky Next Pro View) should install the Network Agent for Windows module version 15.1.0.22268.

Solution: Users of Kaspersky Vulnerability Management should update the solution to version 1.1.

References (1)

• Advisory issued on October 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2026-88941](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2026-88941.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2026-88941)

Record last updated 29 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC.