Missing integrity checks in Progress Fiddler Download & Setup Skill
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-494.
Summary
Progress Software Fiddler Download & Setup Skill before 8.3.0 on Linux, macOS and Windows does not verify the integrity of a release component it fetches (CWE-494). An attacker who can influence that component can run code of their choice when a user runs the skill, and the attack needs user interaction and is hard to perform. On macOS, a local process can also replace the staged package before the user approves installation, which may allow root code execution.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Missing integrity verification in the Progress Software Fiddler Download and Setup Skill on Linux, macOS, and Windows which allows an attacker to compromise or influence a release component and execute attacker-controlled code when a user runs the skill. On macOS, the skill stages the package at a predictable path and installs it with administrator privileges, which may allow code execution with root privileges after user approval. A local process may also replace the staged macOS package while the skill waits for approval.
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
Update Progress Software Fiddler Download & Setup Skill to fixed version 8.3.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Fiddler Download & Setup Skill (Progress Software) Fixed in 8.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104657
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-cwv8-gh9g-g9wh
References
More Progress vulnerabilities
- 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-2026-104657 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104657 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cwv8-gh9g-g9wh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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