CVE-2026-1680

Local Privilege Escalation in Local Admin Service

Improper access control in the WCF endpoint in Edgemo (now owned by Danoffice IT) Local Admin Service 1.2.7.23180 on Windows allows a local user to escalate their privileges to local administrator via direct communication with the LocalAdminService.exe named pipe, bypassing client-side group membership restrictions.

Affected

Edgemo (Danoffice IT) · Local Admin Service

CVSS v4.0 CNA

7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 12th percentile

Published

2026-01-30

Updated

2026-02-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://retest.dk/local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-found-in-local-admin-service/

Security advisories

• https://retest.dk/local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-found-in-local-admin-service
• https://www.danofficeit.com/howwedoit/workplace/management

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry