CVE-2026-2699 (GCVE-0-2026-2699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-02 13:04 – Updated: 2026-04-08 15:25
VLAI?
Title
EAR vulnerability in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller (SZC)
Summary
Customer Managed ShareFile Storage Zones Controller (SZC) allows an unauthenticated attacker to access restricted configuration pages. This leads to changing system configuration and potential remote code execution.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-698 - Execution After Redirect (EAR)
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.12.3 (semver)
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Credits
Sonny of watchTowr h4x0r_dz
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