CVE-2026-8800: CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization in Progress MOVEit Transfer
Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer (Audit User module). This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: before 2025.0.7, from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.3.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8800) in Progress MOVEit Transfer involves incorrect authorization in the Audit User module, allowing potentially unauthorized actions due to improper access control. The affected versions include all versions before 2025.0.7 and versions from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.3. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 2.7, indicating low severity with network attack vector, low complexity, and requiring high privileges but no user interaction. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available to confirm remediation status.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to low confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact, given the CVSS vector (C:L/I:N/A:N). The vulnerability requires high privileges to exploit and does not involve user interaction, which reduces the likelihood of exploitation. There are no known exploits in the wild, indicating limited current risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, organizations should review and restrict access to the Audit User module to trusted administrators only, minimizing exposure to this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-8800: CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization in Progress MOVEit Transfer
Description
Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer (Audit User module). This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: before 2025.0.7, from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.3.
CVSS v3.1
Score 2.7low
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8800) in Progress MOVEit Transfer involves incorrect authorization in the Audit User module, allowing potentially unauthorized actions due to improper access control. The affected versions include all versions before 2025.0.7 and versions from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.3. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 2.7, indicating low severity with network attack vector, low complexity, and requiring high privileges but no user interaction. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available to confirm remediation status.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to low confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact, given the CVSS vector (C:L/I:N/A:N). The vulnerability requires high privileges to exploit and does not involve user interaction, which reduces the likelihood of exploitation. There are no known exploits in the wild, indicating limited current risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, organizations should review and restrict access to the Audit User module to trusted administrators only, minimizing exposure to this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- ProgressSoftware
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-18T02:42:58.378Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a4eafe9c9d9e3dbe3adeab0
Added to database: 07/08/2026, 20:15:37 UTC
Last enriched: 07/16/2026, 10:15:29 UTC
Last updated: 08/22/2026, 10:52:11 UTC
Views: 70
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