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CVE-2026-65941 (GCVE-0-2026-65941)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 15:23 – Updated: 2026-08-12 16:10

Title

WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 26.0.2 contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in an internal report scheduling service.

Summary

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, an unauthenticated remote attacker with network access to the affected service can execute arbitrary code in the context of the IIS application service account.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 16:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-306 - Missing authentication for critical function
CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CWE-73 - External control of file name or path
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code

Assigner

ProgressSoftware

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring
https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-rele…	release-notes
https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Progress Software Corporation	WhatsUp Gold	Affected: 0 , < 26.0.2 (semver)

Credits

Dany Bach from Airbus Security Lab

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GHSA-5F38-J7H2-22Q2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-12 18:31

Details

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-5f38-j7h2-22q2",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T18:31:18Z",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:31:18Z",
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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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CVE-2026-65941 (GCVE-0-2026-65941)

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