CVE-2026-7327 (GCVE-0-2026-7327)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-05 18:42
VLAI
Title
Privilege escalation in Progress MarkLogic Server REST API document processing
Summary
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document processing pipeline of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with an administrative REST role to escalate privileges. This can result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive server-side data when it is accessed by a higher-privileged user.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Progress Software Corporation MarkLogic Server Affected: 11.0.0 , < 11.3.6 (custom)
Affected: 12.0.0 , < 12.0.3 (custom)
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Credits
rexnets via Bugcrowd
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