CVE-2026-85956 PUBLISHED

Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server backup and restore operations

Assigner: ProgressSoftware
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 12.10.2026 Updated: 12.10.2026

Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 allow a remote attacker with delegated database-administrator privileges to perform backup or restore operations on forests outside the authorized database scope, which could result in unauthorized access to or modification of security-critical data.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.6

Product Status

Vendor Progress Software Corporation
Product MarkLogic Server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 11.0.0 to 11.3.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 12.0.0 to 12.1.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • rexnets via Bugcrowd finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE