CVE-2026-8709

Privilege escalation in Progress MarkLogic Server REST document patch operation

State: Published
Severity: 9.9 Critical
Published: Aug 5, 2026
Updated: Aug 7, 2026
Reserved: May 15, 2026

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.

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 11.3.6Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.3Affected

References

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

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