Vulnerability-Lookup

CVE-2026-65940 (GCVE-0-2026-65940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 15:23 – Updated: 2026-08-12 16:11

Title

WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 26.0.2 excessive file system permissions allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.

Summary

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/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-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-276 - Incorrect default permissions

Assigner

ProgressSoftware mitre root

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	CPE status
Progress Software Corporation	WhatsUp Gold	Affected: 0 , < 26.0.2 (semver)	guessed

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2026-65940",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "total"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2026-08-12T16:10:56.032238Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2026-08-12T16:11:10.232Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "platforms": [
            "Windows"
          ],
          "product": "WhatsUp Gold",
          "vendor": "Progress Software Corporation",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "26.0.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "supportingMedia": [
            {
              "base64": false,
              "type": "text/html",
              "value": "In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server."
            }
          ],
          "value": "In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server."
        }
      ],
      "impacts": [
        {
          "capecId": "CAPEC-1",
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "capecId": "CAPEC-122",
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "CAPEC-122 Privilege Abuse"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 6.8,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "format": "CVSS",
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "GENERAL"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-732",
              "description": "CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-276",
              "description": "CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-12T15:23:27.963Z",
        "orgId": "f9fea0b6-671e-4eea-8fde-31911902ae05",
        "shortName": "ProgressSoftware"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "release-notes"
          ],
          "url": "https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-26-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2026.0-Release-Notes.html"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2026"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "discovery": "INTERNAL"
      },
      "title": "WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 26.0.2 excessive file system permissions allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "Vulnogram 1.0.4"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "f9fea0b6-671e-4eea-8fde-31911902ae05",
    "assignerShortName": "ProgressSoftware",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-65940",
    "datePublished": "2026-08-12T15:23:27.963Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-07-23T16:08:34.531Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-08-12T16:11:10.232Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2026-65940",
      "date": "2026-09-17",
      "epss": "0.00211",
      "percentile": "0.11642"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2026-65940\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"security@progress.com\",\"published\":\"2026-08-12T16:17:13.927\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-09-02T18:25:58.580\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Analyzed\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.\"}],\"affected\":[{\"source\":\"security@progress.com\",\"affectedData\":[{\"vendor\":\"Progress Software Corporation\",\"product\":\"WhatsUp Gold\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unaffected\",\"platforms\":[\"Windows\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0\",\"lessThan\":\"26.0.2\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"affected\"}]}]}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"security@progress.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":6.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"ADJACENT_NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"HIGH\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":0.9,\"impactScore\":5.9}],\"ssvcV203\":[{\"source\":\"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\",\"ssvcData\":{\"timestamp\":\"2026-08-12T16:10:56.032238Z\",\"id\":\"CVE-2026-65940\",\"options\":[{\"exploitation\":\"none\"},{\"automatable\":\"no\"},{\"technicalImpact\":\"total\"}],\"role\":\"CISA Coordinator\",\"version\":\"2.0.3\"}}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"security@progress.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-276\"},{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-732\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"26.0.2\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"47C4FCAC-F2EA-448F-938C-50089809863A\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2026\",\"source\":\"security@progress.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-26-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2026.0-Release-Notes.html\",\"source\":\"security@progress.com\",\"tags\":[\"Release Notes\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring\",\"source\":\"security@progress.com\",\"tags\":[\"Product\"]}]}}",
    "vulnrichment": {
      "containers": "{\"adp\": [{\"title\": \"CISA ADP Vulnrichment\", \"metrics\": [{\"other\": {\"type\": \"ssvc\", \"content\": {\"id\": \"CVE-2026-65940\", \"role\": \"CISA Coordinator\", \"options\": [{\"Exploitation\": \"none\"}, {\"Automatable\": \"no\"}, {\"Technical Impact\": \"total\"}], \"version\": \"2.0.3\", \"timestamp\": \"2026-08-12T16:10:56.032238Z\"}}}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"shortName\": \"CISA-ADP\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-08-12T16:11:02.903Z\"}}], \"cna\": {\"title\": \"WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 26.0.2 excessive file system permissions allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.\", \"source\": {\"discovery\": \"INTERNAL\"}, \"impacts\": [{\"capecId\": \"CAPEC-1\", \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs\"}]}, {\"capecId\": \"CAPEC-122\", \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CAPEC-122 Privilege Abuse\"}]}], \"metrics\": [{\"format\": \"CVSS\", \"cvssV3_1\": {\"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"version\": \"3.1\", \"baseScore\": 6.8, \"attackVector\": \"ADJACENT_NETWORK\", \"baseSeverity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"userInteraction\": \"NONE\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"HIGH\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}, \"scenarios\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"GENERAL\"}]}], \"affected\": [{\"vendor\": \"Progress Software Corporation\", \"product\": \"WhatsUp Gold\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"0\", \"lessThan\": \"26.0.2\", \"versionType\": \"semver\"}], \"platforms\": [\"Windows\"], \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\"}], \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring\"}, {\"url\": \"https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-26-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2026.0-Release-Notes.html\", \"tags\": [\"release-notes\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2026\", \"tags\": [\"vendor-advisory\"]}], \"x_generator\": {\"engine\": \"Vulnogram 1.0.4\"}, \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.\", \"supportingMedia\": [{\"type\": \"text/html\", \"value\": \"In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.\", \"base64\": false}]}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-732\", \"description\": \"CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource\"}]}, {\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-276\", \"description\": \"CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"f9fea0b6-671e-4eea-8fde-31911902ae05\", \"shortName\": \"ProgressSoftware\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-08-12T15:23:27.963Z\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2026-65940\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-08-12T16:11:10.232Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2026-07-23T16:08:34.531Z\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"f9fea0b6-671e-4eea-8fde-31911902ae05\", \"datePublished\": \"2026-08-12T15:23:27.963Z\", \"assignerShortName\": \"ProgressSoftware\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.2"
    }
  }
}

FKIE_CVE-2026-65940

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-12 16:17 - Updated: 2026-09-02 18:25

Severity

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.

References

URL	Tags
security@progress.com	https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2026	Vendor Advisory
security@progress.com	https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-26-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2026.0-Release-Notes.html	Release Notes
security@progress.com	https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring	Product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	progress	whatsup_gold	*

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "platforms": [
            "Windows"
          ],
          "product": "WhatsUp Gold",
          "vendor": "Progress Software Corporation",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "26.0.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@progress.com"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:progress:whatsup_gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "47C4FCAC-F2EA-448F-938C-50089809863A",
              "versionEndExcluding": "26.0.2",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-65940",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-02T18:25:58.580",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 0.9,
        "impactScore": 5.9,
        "source": "security@progress.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
      {
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "ssvcData": {
          "id": "CVE-2026-65940",
          "options": [
            {
              "exploitation": "none"
            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "total"
            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "timestamp": "2026-08-12T16:10:56.032238Z",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-08-12T16:17:13.927",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security@progress.com",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2026"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@progress.com",
      "tags": [
        "Release Notes"
      ],
      "url": "https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-26-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2026.0-Release-Notes.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@progress.com",
      "tags": [
        "Product"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@progress.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-276"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-732"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@progress.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WRX3-M3PW-XFMV

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

Details

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


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

Show details on source website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-65940"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-276"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-12T16:17:13Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.",
  "id": "GHSA-wrx3-m3pw-xfmv",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T18:31:18Z",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:31:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65940"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-August-2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.progress.com/bundle/whatsupgold-release-notes-26-0/page/WhatsUp-Gold-2026.0-Release-Notes.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.progress.com/network-monitoring"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.

Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.

Action not permitted

CVE-2026-65940 (GCVE-0-2026-65940)

FKIE_CVE-2026-65940

GHSA-WRX3-M3PW-XFMV

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature

Related by attack behaviour