CVE-2026-85954: high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation MarkLogic Server
Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server higher-order XQuery functions
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.6epss 0.3%
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 can evaluate user-controlled values supplied to certain higher-order XQuery functions in an elevated security context, which could result in privilege escalation beyond the attacker's granted permissions.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Progress Software Corporation · MarkLogic ServerRelated CVEs — Progress Software Corporation MarkLogic Server
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