Safetica Driver Vulnerability Allows Process Termination by Unprivileged Users

Safetica Driver Vulnerability Allows Process Termination by Unprivileged Users

First seen 27 Jan 2026, 19:53 UTC Kb.CertSocprime 29.2

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A vulnerability in Safetica's ProcessMonitorDriver.sys kernel driver permits unprivileged users to exploit an IOCTL interface, enabling them to terminate arbitrary system processes. This flaw affects the Safetica DLP client versions and can disrupt critical security services, including EDR agents. Currently, there is no vendor patch available for this issue, documented as CVE-2026-0828.