MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-85972 (CVSS 7.4)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 12, 2026Risk 23/100

Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 do not sufficiently verify the identity of a Kerberos authentication service in certain password-based authentication configurations. A network-positioned attacker could impersonate trusted authentication infrastructure, potentially resulting in unauthorized access or modification of protected data.

Technical details

CVSS

7.4

AV:NetworkAC:HighPR:NoneUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:None

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