CVE-2026-5426 (GCVE-0-2026-5426)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-16 15:18
Modified
2026-04-18 02:31
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Hard-coded ASP.NET/IIS machineKey value in Digital Knowledge KnowledgeDeliver deployments prior to February 24, 2026 allows adversaries to circumvent ViewState validation mechanisms and achieve remote code execution via malicious ViewState deserialization attacks
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Knowledge | KnowledgeDeliver |
Version: 0 |
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