Remote code execution via unsafe deserialization in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller's CICO service
Priority LOW 38CWE-502Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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-502.
Summary
In Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller v5.12.5 and below versions, unsafe deserialization of untrusted file metadata can allow a user with write access to a Network share to execute arbitrary code on the Storage Zones Controller host.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00828 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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-2026-16138
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-26xg-7mw9-cm54
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-2026-13505 Improper input validation in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-13503 Path traversal in Progress ShareFile Storage Zones Controller CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-16138 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16138 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-26xg-7mw9-cm54 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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