What is GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr?

GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document patch operation of...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr cover?

GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-8709. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr?

GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfrCriticalCVSS 9.9

An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document patch operation of...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-8709 →

📋 Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document patch operation of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with a low-privileged REST role to escalate privileges and execute privileged operations against the Security database.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8709
https://community.progress.com/s/article/Marklogic-Critical-Security-Alert-Bulletin-August-2026
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8pvj-2hqp-qwfr