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Unauthenticated RCE in widely-deployed enterprise identity management (SailPoint IdentityIQ) enabling server takeover, credential theft and lateral movement.

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CVE-2026-12342

9.6
Critical
EPSS 0.19%Sep 29, 2026

Unauthenticated remote code execution in SailPoint IdentityIQ.

common questions

Is CVE-2026-12342 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-12342 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-12342?

CVE-2026-12342 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-12342?

Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-12342, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.

What does CVE-2026-12342 affect?

CVE-2026-12342 affects SailPoint IdentityIQ (all versions), IdentityIQ server APIs. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2026-12342?

Isolate IdentityIQ, restrict API access, deploy WAF, apply vendor patch ASAP.

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
SailPoint IdentityIQ (all versions)IdentityIQ server APIs
impact

Unauthenticated RCE via IdentityIQ web service API allowing full server compromise, credential theft and lateral movement.

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
SailPoint Technologies IdentityIQ
  • affected>= 8.5 and <= 8.5p2
  • affected>= 8.4 and <= 8.4p4
  • affected>= 8.3 and <= 8.3p5

As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.

how to fix
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