CVE-2026-77698 Privilege Escalation
Medium 5.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-77698 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-77698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central, published on 7 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-77698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-77698/index.md)
Local attackers can escalate privileges via the agent upgrade mechanism in ManageEngine Endpoint Central.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-77698?
CVE-2026-77698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central, published on 7 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions before 11.5.2605.01 are vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to Agent upgrade.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-77698?
How do I fix CVE-2026-77698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-77698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-77698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mx2j-mcp4-jc4g.