CVE-2026-89074 MOVEit Transfer Email MFA Bypass

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass email-based multi-factor authentication in MOVEit Transfer via improper unicode handling, potentially gaining unauthorized access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-89074?

CVE-2026-89074 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer, published on 14 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper handling of unicode encoding 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-176

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-89074?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Progress Moveit Transfer.

How do I fix CVE-2026-89074?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-89074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2026-89074 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-89074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vhqc-26qr-xc8f.

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