CVE-2026-85947

Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server forest operations

State: Published
Severity: 9.9 Critical
Published: Oct 12, 2026
Updated: Oct 14, 2026
Reserved: Sep 4, 2026

Description

Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 contain an authorization flaw in certain forest-management operations. A remote attacker with forest-management privileges could exploit this flaw to create a persistent unauthorized administrator account, potentially resulting in complete unauthorized administrative control of the server.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.9 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	ProgressSoftware

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MarkLogic ServerProgress Software Corporation	11.0.0 to before 11.3.7Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.1.0Affected

References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/Marklogic-Critical-Security-Alert-Bulletin-October-2026vendor-advisory

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