Path traversal in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
In Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller v5.12.5 and below, a party with valid zone credentials can perform path traversal using resumable upload initiation endpoint, allowing the party to write arbitrary content to any location writable by the application's service account. This may result in the execution of attacker-supplied code.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16137
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8x9j-6fv7-79g2
References
More Progress Sharefile Storage Zones Controller vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-02310 EAR vulnerability in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller (SZC) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-02311 RCE vulnerability in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller (SZC) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-13230 Path traversal in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller (SZC) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-13504 Remote code execution via unsafe deserialization in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller's CICO service CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2026-13505 Improper input validation in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-16137 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16137 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8x9j-6fv7-79g2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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