# CVE-2026-87093: MOVEit Transfer Service Directory Writable by Local Users Enables Local Privilege Escalation

> Local users can escalate privileges due to incorrect permissions on the service directory in Progress MOVEit Transfer.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98jf-248c-5xqj

## What is CVE-2026-87093?

CVE-2026-87093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer, published on 14 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer.

This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: before 2025.1.6 and from 2026.0.0 before 2026.0.4.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-87093?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Moveit Transfer.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-87093?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-87093 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-87093 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-87093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress MOVEit Transfer

- [CVE-2023-35708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35708/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-38159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38159/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5806/): MOVEit Transfer Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-36934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36934/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-35036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35036/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-87093 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-87093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer, published on 14 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-87093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress MOVEit Transfer. 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-2026-87093/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87093/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-87093
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87093
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-87093

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87093/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.