# CVE-2026-8079: Unintended limited set of actions with elevated privileges may be performed during PDF generation in Progress Flowmon

> Authenticated low-privileged users can perform actions with elevated privileges during PDF generation, leading to unauthorized data access and configuration changes.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m362-439h-2w4j

## What is CVE-2026-8079?

CVE-2026-8079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Flowmon, published on 2 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Progress Flowmon versions prior to 12.5.9 and 13.0.11, a vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated low-privileged user may craft a request during the PDF generation process that results in operations being performed with the privileges of another user, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data and unintended modifications to system configuration.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8079?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Flowmon.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-8079?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-8079 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8079 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Flowmon

- [CVE-2024-2389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2389/): Flowmon Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-3692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3692/): Unintended command execution during report generation in Progress Flowmon (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-2737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2737/): Possibility of unintended actions when an administrator clicks a malicious link in the Progress Flowmon web application (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-8079 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-8079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Flowmon, published on 2 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8079 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software Flowmon. 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-2026-8079/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8079/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8079
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8079
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8079

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8079/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.