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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 r…

Critical CVSS 9.9
CVECVE-2026-8709
First seen2026-08-07 06:15 UTC
Disclosed2026-08-05 16:17 UTC
Last updated2026-08-07 06:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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.

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Lint boundary warnings (1)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://community.progress.com/s/article/Marklogic-Critical-Security-Alert-Bulletin-August-2026

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD