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CVE-2026-85956 Critical · 9.6 EPSS 0.4%

Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 allow a remote attacker with…

Progress Software Corporation · MarkLogic Server

Summary

Progress MarkLogic Server contains an improper privilege management flaw in its backup and restore handling, affecting 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7. An attacker with network access and delegated database-administrator privileges could perform backup or restore operations on forests outside their authorized database scope, leading to unauthorized access to or modification of security-critical data.

Official description · NVD

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.

Breakdown
15.7 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 12 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 8 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

1 link, grouped by NVD tag

Other 1

community.progress.com/s/article/Marklogic-Critical-Security-Alert-Bulletin-October-2026
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