CVE-2026-86678
Broken Authentication vulnerability
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 182000 and below allowed a low-privileged user to obtain an administrator’s API key and use it to perform administrator-level actions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Broken Authentication vulnerability
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 182000 and below allowed a low-privileged user to obtain an administrator’s API key and use it to perform administrator-level actions.
- Record
CVE-2026-86678- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-85296
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 182000 and below allowed a low-privileged user to obtain an administrator’s API key and use it to perform administrator-level actions.
- Record
EUVD-2026-85296- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rvc4-j32g-7vv5
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 182000 and below allowed a low-privileged...
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 182000 and below allowed a low-privileged user to obtain an administrator’s API key and use it to perform administrator-level actions.
- Record
GHSA-rvc4-j32g-7vv5- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 182000 and below allowed a low-privileged user to obtain an administrator’s API key and use it to perform administrator-level actions.
- Record
CVE-2026-86678- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-86678 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Zohocorp Manageengine Applications Manager, published September 23, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.72%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.