# CVE-2026-8488: Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation

> Attackers can cause excessive resource allocation leading to denial of service in Progress Software MOVEit Automation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **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:** 20 May 2026
- **Updated:** 20 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcwv-f9jp-p684

## What is CVE-2026-8488?

CVE-2026-8488 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation, published on 20 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation allows Excessive Allocation.

This issue affects MOVEit Automation: before 2025.0.11, from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.7.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8488?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Moveit Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-8488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-8488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software MOVEit Automation

- [CVE-2026-4670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4670/): Improper Authentication vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Automation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-5174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5174/): Improper Access Control Vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Automation (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2026-8487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8487/): Incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-4563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4563/): The Progress MOVEit Automation Configuration Export Function Uses a Cryptographic Method with Insufficient Bit Length (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-12677](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12677/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-8488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-8488 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation, published on 20 May 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-2026-8488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software MOVEit Automation. 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-2026-8488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8488

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8488/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.