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Critical· 9.4

CVE-2026-11423

CVE-2026-11423 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Altium Enterprise Server Collaboration Service. Attackers can exploit it to read server configuration files containing privileged credentials, potentially gaining full server control. Altium 365 cloud deployments are unaffected.

publishedJun 5, 2026
last modifiedJul 23, 2026
sourcesNVD
severity · cvss
9.4
critical · how bad it is
exploitation · epss
<1%
25th percentile · chance of exploitation in 30 days
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counting…on Sep 6, 2026

No official fix yet. If none appears within 45 days of first tracking, this entry is removed automatically.

01

Who is affected

Altium Enterprise Server Collaboration Service users

02

Real-world impact

Exploitation could lead to unauthorized administrative access and full server compromise via credential theft from master configuration files.

03

Why this severity

CVSS 9.4 (critical) due to high exploitability and severe impact (full system control possible).

04

What to do about it

no official fix yet
interim mitigations
  • Validate and sanitize all user-supplied filenames in collaboration messages before server processing.
  • Restrict server file system permissions to prevent unauthorized file access.
  • Monitor server logs for suspicious filename patterns or unauthorized access attempts.

No official fix or mitigation is documented in the sources yet. Monitor the vendor advisory and apply the patch as soon as it is released.

No official fix documented in provided sources. Mitigations based on vulnerability description.

05

Timeline

  1. Jun 5, 2026 · Jun 5, 2026
    Published
    Disclosed and added to the National Vulnerability Database.
  2. Jul 23, 2026 · 12d ago
    Advisory updated
    The NVD record was last revised.
06

How it’s attacked

Attack vectorNetwork (remote)
Attack complexityLow
Attack requirementsNone
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone needed
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
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References & advisories

(ai-assisted) A model wrote this summary from the official data, so double-check it against the source before you act on it. Read the official advisory →