Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client 3.0 authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client 3.0. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-26416. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client 3.0. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An authorization bypass vulnerability in Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client v3.0 allows authenticated users to escalate privileges across role boundaries via crafted requests.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-26416 since 02/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/11/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-9840). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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ADP CISA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/16/2026 CVE reserved
03/05/2026 +17 days Advisory disclosed
03/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/11/2026 +6 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-26416 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-26416
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349227
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/05/2026 19:40
Updated: 03/11/2026 21:54
Changes: 03/05/2026 19:40 (51), 03/06/2026 00:29 (1), 03/07/2026 23:35 (11), 03/11/2026 21:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:3C0:103

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