9.9Critical
Progress Marklogic Server
CVE-2026-8709
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document patch operation of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with a low-privileged REST role to escalate privileges and execute privileged operations against the Security database.
What this means for your business
- It affects Progress Marklogic Server. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 23% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Progress Marklogic Server, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.9 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Assigned by
- security@progress.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-09-03
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Progress Marklogic Server- 11.3.6, 12.0.0 - 12.0.3
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.