ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager up to 182000 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager up to 182000 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-86678. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager up to 182000. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at manageengine.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-86678 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 182100 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-85296). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (Zohocorp): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: ManageEngine Applications Manager 182100

Timelineinfo

09/08/2026 CVE reserved
09/23/2026 +15 days Advisory disclosed
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: manageengine.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-86678 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86678
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408971
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 15:57
Updated: 09/23/2026 16:41
Changes: 09/23/2026 15:57 (62), 09/23/2026 16:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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