CVE-2020-36958: Kite

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Kite 1.2020.1119.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the KiteService Windows service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:\Program Files\Kite\KiteService.exe' to inject malicious executables and escalate privileges on the system.

Affected products

• Kite Kite: up to and including 1.2020.1119.0

Published 2026-01-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.