Cleartext transmission in Progress MarkLogic Server Amazon S3 connections
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.
Summary
Progress MarkLogic Server 11.x releases from 11.0.0 before 11.3.7 and 12.x releases from 12.0.0 before 12.1.0 may use cleartext transport for Amazon S3 connections by default, which is CWE-319. A network-positioned attacker can intercept data or credentials sent over an affected connection.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 may use cleartext transport for Amazon S3 connections by default. A network-positioned attacker could intercept data or credentials transmitted through an affected connection.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade MarkLogic Server 11.x to 11.3.7 and 12.x to 12.1.0. No other fixed version is listed.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA MarkLogic Server (Progress Software Corporation) Fixed in 11.3.7, 12.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Progress Software MarkLogic Server — community.progress.com/s/article/Marklogic-Critical-Securit…
31 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 25 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71042 Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server XQuery functionsPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2026-71043 Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server xdmp:eval-inPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-71044 Improper privilege management in Progress MarkLogic Server backup and restorePriority MEDIUM 43
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85975
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-26j8-pcp8-mxhw
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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- TI-2026-07083 Command injection in Progress LoadMaster KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-06182 WhatsUp Gold HasErrors SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04541 WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04060 Registration Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-01127 LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-20934 WS_FTP Server Ad Hoc Transfer Module .NET Deserialization Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-85975 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85975 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-26j8-pcp8-mxhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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