Unauthenticated administrative access to Esri Portal for ArcGIS — widely deployed enterprise GIS; could enable takeover of portal and break critical services across organizations.
CVE-2026-69227
Unauthenticated admin access to ArcGIS Portal /portaladmin/local APIs
Is CVE-2026-69227 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-69227 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 0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-69227?
CVE-2026-69227 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. 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-2026-69227?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-69227, 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-2026-69227 affect?
CVE-2026-69227 affects Esri Portal for ArcGIS (Portal /portaladmin/local endpoints). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-69227?
Follow Esri advisory, restrict/isolates /portaladmin/local, and apply vendor updates ASAP
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attackers can call /portaladmin/local APIs to perform admin actions: change config, manage/create users, access or modify data, or take over the portal.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 12.2
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.