CriticalCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-85947 (CVSS 9.9)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 12, 2026Risk 50/100

Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 contain an authorization flaw in certain forest-management operations. A remote attacker with forest-management privileges could exploit this flaw to create a persistent unauthorized administrator account, potentially resulting in complete unauthorized administrative control of the server.

Technical details

CVSS

9.9

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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