Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Progress Flowmon Software
CVE-2026-8079

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Progress Software
Status
Flowmon
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 July 2026

What is CVE-2026-8079?

In Progress Flowmon versions earlier than 12.5.9 and 13.0.10, a privilege escalation vulnerability allows an authenticated low-privileged user to manipulate requests during the PDF generation process. This may lead to actions being executed with the privileges of another user, potentially exposing sensitive data and enabling unauthorized modifications to the system configuration.

Affected Version(s)

Flowmon Flowmon 12 versions prior to 12.5.9

Flowmon Flowmon 12 versions prior to 12.5.9

Flowmon Flowmon 13 versions prior to 13.0.11

References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/Flowmon-CVE-2026...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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