Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-8037

CriticalUpdated

Published: 04 June 2026

Published
04 June 2026
Modified
01 July 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.2964 98.0th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-8037 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Progress ADC Products (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 2.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

OS Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in API in Progress ADC Products allows an un-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the LoadMaster appliance by exploiting unsanitized input in multiple command endpoints

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
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Why these techniques?

Direct unauthenticated RCE via command injection in public-facing API matches T1190 exactly; no specific interpreter or post-exploitation details for T1059 variants.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Progress
ADC Products
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of all API inputs to block unsanitized command strings that enable the OS command injection.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Enforces authentication and authorization on the exposed command endpoints so unauthenticated attackers cannot reach them.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Restricts the privileges of the API process and LoadMaster service accounts so even a successful injection yields minimal system access.

References