{"id":"CVE-2026-73642","aliases":["EUVD-2026-88251","GHSA-p8m3-fq83-fgm7"],"status":"published","title":"Path Traversal in Dayforce ESS Excelity","description":"Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nThis issue was fixed in version V4.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00424,"percentile":0.36988,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-09-28T13:12:46Z","modified":"2026-10-13T15:32:40Z","products":[{"vendor":"dayforce","product":"ess excelity"}],"references":[{"url":"https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/CVE-2026-73640","tags":["third-party-advisory"]},{"url":"https://hcm.excelityglobal.com/ESS","tags":["product"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73642"},{"url":"https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/08/CVE-2026-73640"},{"url":"https://www.dayforce.com/how-we-help/dayforce/payroll-solutions"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8m3-fq83-fgm7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73642","title":"Path Traversal in Dayforce ESS Excelity","description":"Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nThis issue was fixed in version V4.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-28T13:12:46.426Z","modified":"2026-10-13T13:20:58.581Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:33.766176Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-88251","description":"Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nThis issue was fixed in version V4.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-28T13:12:46Z","modified":"2026-10-13T13:20:58Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:27:20.758283Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-p8m3-fq83-fgm7","title":"Dayforce Payroll is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An...","description":"Dayforce Payroll is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nBecause vendor contact attempts were unsuccessful, the vulnerability has only been confirmed in version R2026.2.0 but may also affect other versions.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-28T15:31:53Z","modified":"2026-10-13T15:32:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:13:11.391487Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73642","description":"Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nThis issue was fixed in version V4.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-28T14:17:17.16Z","modified":"2026-10-13T14:17:39.327Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:52.081323Z"}]}}