Privilege Escalation in MOVEit Automation due to Improper Input Validation

Publication date: 2026-04-30

Last updated on: 2026-05-04

Assigner: Progress Software Corporation

Description

Improper input validation vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects MOVEit Automation: from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.5, from 2025.0.0 before 2025.0.9, from 2024.0.0 before 2024.1.8, versions prior to 2024.0.0.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-04-30

Last Modified

2026-05-04

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-04-30

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-5174

EUVD

EUVD-2026-26390

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
progress	moveit_automation	to 2024.1.8 (exc)
progress	moveit_automation	From 2025.0.0 (inc) to 2025.1.5 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-20	The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an improper input validation issue in Progress Software MOVEit Automation. It allows an attacker to perform privilege escalation, meaning they can gain higher-level access than intended by exploiting the flaw in how inputs are validated.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation, which may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized elevated access within the MOVEit Automation system. This can result in potential disruption of services or unauthorized actions that could impact system availability.

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