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FKIE_CVE-2026-6516

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-23 18:17 - Updated: 2026-07-24 05:16

Severity

10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Summary

Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus versions before 8606 are affected by Unauthenticated Remote code execution due to the vulnerable agent API.

References

	URL	Tags
	0fc0942c-577d-436f-ae8e-945763c79b02	https://www.manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit/cve-2026-6516.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-6516 (GCVE-0-2026-6516)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-23 17:22 – Updated: 2026-07-24 03:56

Title

Remote Code Execution

Summary

Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus versions before 8606 are affected by Unauthenticated Remote code execution due to the vulnerable agent API.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-23 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection')

Assigner

Zohocorp mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.manageengine.com/products/active-dire…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Zohocorp	ManageEngine ADAudit Plus	Affected: 0 , < 8606 (8606) cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus::::::::

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