CVE-2026-73642 (GCVE-0-2026-73642)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-28 13:12
Modified
2026-10-13 13:20
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute
local file path.
This issue was fixed in version V4.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Dayforce | ESS Excelity |
Version: 0 < V4 |
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