Affects widely deployed Progress enterprise appliances (LoadMaster, MOVEit WAF) and enables full system compromise; significant cross-organizational impact.
CVE-2026-59688
Authenticated high-privilege OS command injection in Progress appliances via backup restore.
Is CVE-2026-59688 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-59688 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 0.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-59688?
CVE-2026-59688 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. 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-2026-59688?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-59688. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-59688 affect?
CVE-2026-59688 affects Progress LoadMaster, ECS Connection Manager, Object Scale Connection Manager, MOVEit WAF. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-59688?
Apply vendor patch/mitigation, restrict admin access, disable restore, isolate affected appliances.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated high-privilege OS command injection via backup-restore enabling arbitrary commands, full appliance compromise, data theft and lateral movement.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 7.2.60.0 and < 7.2.63.3
- affected>= 7.2.40.0 and < 7.2.63.3
- affected>= 7.2.40.0 and < 7.2.54.19
- affected>= 7.2.60.0 and < 7.2.63.3
- affected>= 7.2.60.0 and < 7.2.63.3
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.