Affects multiple Progress enterprise products (LoadMaster, MOVEit) enabling admin takeover; broadly used infrastructure could be disrupted.
CVE-2026-59690
Authz bypass in Progress LoadMaster/MOVEit lets low-priv users perform admin REST API actions.
Is CVE-2026-59690 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-59690 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 0.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-59690?
CVE-2026-59690 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.0. 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-2026-59690?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-59690. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-59690 affect?
CVE-2026-59690 affects Progress LoadMaster, ECS Connection Manager, Object Scale Connection Manager, MOVEit WAF, and 1 further product or version. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-59690?
Apply vendor patch ASAP; restrict/monitor REST API and rotate admin credentials.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated low-privileged user can call REST API to perform privileged admin actions (create accounts, change configs, exfiltrate/compromise systems).
Immediate action required
- affected>= 7.2.60.0 and < 7.2.63.3
- affected>= 7.0.6 and < 7.2.63.3
- affected>= 7.0.6 and < 7.2.54.19
- affected>= 7.2.60.0 and < 7.2.63.3
- affected>= 7.1.29 and < 7.1.35.16
- 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.