CVE-2026-12591 (GCVE-0-2026-12591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-12 06:55 – Updated: 2026-11-12 06:55
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation
Summary
Zohocorp ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus versions below 4818 is affected by an authenticated technician may exploit insufficient permission validation in the delegated administration interface to escalate privileges beyond their intended scope, which could result in remote code execution during administrative processing.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-862 - – Missing Authorization
Assigner
Zohocorp CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Zohocorp M365 Manager Plus Affected: 0 , < 4818 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:m365_manager_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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