Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-42098

Published
19 May 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v4 8.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0040 33th percentile
Risk Priority 39 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-42098 is a high-severity Use of Client-Side Authentication (CWE-603) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 33th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-2 (Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Sparx Enterprise Architect software has a security feature that limits user's actions to those specified in the role. An authenticated attacker can modify the Enterprise Architect client behavior (e.g. using a debugger) and log in as any other user or…

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administrator - then it is possible to do every possible change to the repository. The vendor was notified early about this vulnerability, but didn't respond with the details of vulnerability or vulnerable version range. Only version 17.1 and below were tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested and might also be vulnerable.

CWE(s)
CWE-603

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

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Only
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
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  • V10.4.15
  • V10.4.16
  • V10.7.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

Enforces access authorizations on the server, making client-side bypass ineffective.

IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) good match

Requires server-side identification and authentication of users before granting access.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-03 full match
prevents

Server-enforced authentication directly prevents client-only checks from being bypassed.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.5 Secure authentication full match
degrades

Requires server-side authentication mechanisms that directly prevent client-only checks.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles mostly match
prevents

Promotes secure architecture principles that reject client-only authentication designs.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect missing server-side authentication checks.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Defines application security requirements that include server-side authentication enforcement.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards discourage reliance on client-side authentication logic.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Enforces access restrictions that must be validated on the server, mitigating client-side bypass.

References