CVE-2026-73642
Path Traversal in Dayforce ESS Excelity
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.2 Critical
- Published
- Sep 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 13, 2026
Description
Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute local file path.
This issue was fixed in version V4.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.2 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N | CERT-PL |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ESS ExcelityDayforce |
|
References
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/CVE-2026-73640third-party-advisory
- https://hcm.excelityglobal.com/ESSproduct
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