CVE-2026-8079

HIGHNVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-02. NVD baseline CVSS 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In Progress Flowmon versions prior to 12.5.9 and 13.0.11, a vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated low-privileged user may craft a request during the PDF generation process that results in operations being performed with the privileges of another user, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data and unintended modifications to system configuration.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(high)
EPSS
10.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Progress Customer Community

https://community.progress.com/s/article/Flowmon-CVE-2026-8079

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8079(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 30× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 22:07 UTCEG score recompute▼ 1.40
  2. 2026-07-06 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 19:18 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.3
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 10:56 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-06 10:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-05 23:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-05 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-05 12:28 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-05 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-05 01:17 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-05 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-04 14:08 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-04 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-04 02:59 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-04 02:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-03 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-03 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-03 04:41 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.70
  2. 2026-07-03 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-03 04:39 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.7 · CVSS v4 → 8.7
  4. 2026-07-02 16:23 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-02 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8079?
CVE-2026-8079 is a high vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. In Progress Flowmon versions prior to 12.5.9 and 13.0.11, a vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated low-privileged user may craft a request during the PDF generation process that results in operations being performed with the privileges of another user, potentially leading to unauthorized…
When was CVE-2026-8079 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8079 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026, with the most recent update on July 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8079 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8079 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 10.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8079?
CVE-2026-8079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8079?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8079, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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