🛡️ CVE-2026-44962

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-44962 is classified as CWE-643: Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection'). The product uses external input to dynamically construct an XPath expression used to retrieve data from an XML database, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes that input. This allows an attacker to control the structure of the query.

Affected software

CVE-2026-44962 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 29 May 2026 and last revised on 14 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-643: Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection')) in other software:

• CVE-2026-9390 (9.1 Critical, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2024-8955 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-40699 (6.5 Medium, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-24343 (8.8 High, published 10 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2022-50807 (published 14 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-11844 (5.4 Medium, published 22 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2025-20218 (4.9 Medium, published 14 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2022-43840 (4.3 Medium, published 14 Apr 2025)

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