Progress MOVEit Transfer up to 2025.1.5/2026.0.3 encoding error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Progress MOVEit Transfer up to 2025.1.5/2026.0.3. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to encoding error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-89074. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Progress MOVEit Transfer up to 2025.1.5/2026.0.3. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a encoding error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-172. The product does not properly encode or decode the data, resulting in unexpected values. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper handling of unicode encoding vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer. This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: before 2025.1.6 and from 2026.0.0 before 2026.0.4.

It is possible to read the advisory at community.progress.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-89074 since 09/10/2026. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2026).

Upgrading to version 2025.1.6 or 2026.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (ProgressSoftware): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Encoding error
CWE: CWE-172
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: MOVEit Transfer 2025.1.6/2026.0.4

Timelineinfo

09/10/2026 CVE reserved
10/14/2026 +34 days Advisory disclosed
10/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.progress.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-89074 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-89074
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-419987

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2026 17:57
Changes: 10/14/2026 17:57 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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