CVE-2026-26699
Published: 02 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-26699 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Jon-Remus-Sevellejo Personnel Property Equipment System. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-26699 is an arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CWE-94) in the sourcecodester Personnel Property Equipment System version 1.0, specifically within the component ip/ppes/admin/admin_change_picture.php. Published on 2026-03-02T16:16:25.250, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network by an attacker with high privileges, such as an authenticated administrator (PR:H), requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables arbitrary code execution, granting high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the application's scope.
Details on the vulnerability, including potential mitigation steps, are documented in the GitHub bug report at https://github.com/Thirtypenny77/bug_report/blob/main/sourcecodester/personel-property-equipment-system/RCE-1.md.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-9198
Vulnerability details
sourcecodester Personnel Property Equipment System v1.0 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in ip/ppes/admin/admin_change_picture.php.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
RCE vulnerability (CWE-94) in public-facing PHP web app component allows network exploitation for arbitrary code execution, directly mapping to initial access via public app exploitation and web shell deployment for persistent server-side execution.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces validation of all inputs (including uploaded files) to admin_change_picture.php, directly blocking the unsanitized data that enables arbitrary code execution.
Restricts the high-privilege administrator account to only the minimum functions required, reducing the attack surface of the vulnerable picture-change endpoint.
Detects unauthorized modification or execution of code resulting from exploitation of the file-upload flaw in admin_change_picture.php.