🛡️ CVE-2026-8672 — avantra

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-8672 is classified as CWE-1393: Use of Default Password. The product uses default passwords for potentially critical functionality.

Affected software

CVE-2026-8672 is recorded against 1 package.

• avantra (fixed in 25.3.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 May 2026 and last revised on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.avantra.com

Other advisories for this package

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

• CVE-2026-8670 (9.6 Critical, published 22 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8673 (5.9 Medium, published 22 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8671 (7.5 High, published 22 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1393: Use of Default Password) in other software:

• CVE-2026-5269 (9.8 Critical, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54445 (published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-2635 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-35075 (9.8 Critical, published 3 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-33784 (9.8 Critical, published 9 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2025-14917 (6.7 Medium, published 25 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-4404 (9.5 Critical, published 23 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-3186 (6.3 Medium, published 25 Feb 2026)

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