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CVE-2026-5174 — Progress Software MOVEit Automation

CVSS v3.1 7.7 (HIGH) · EPSS 0.1% (higher than 30.1% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 5.1/10 · Published 2026-04-30

As of 2026-05-01, CVE-2026-5174 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation, CVSS v3.1 7.7, EPSS 0.1% (30.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-5174, most recently “Progress MOVEit Automation Critical Pre-Auth Bypass and Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-4670, CVE-2026-5174)”.

Last updated: 2026-05-01

What is CVE-2026-5174?

Improper input validation vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects MOVEit Automation: from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.5, from 2025.0.0 before 2025.0.9, from 2024.0.0 before 2024.1.8, versions prior to 2024.0.0.

The record classifies CVE-2026-5174 under weakness class CWE-20. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 136 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 7.7 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.1% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 5.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2026-04-30, last modified 2026-05-01

Is CVE-2026-5174 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 13 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Progress Software: MOVEit Automation

How to fix CVE-2026-5174

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-5174 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-5174

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-5174, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Progress MOVEit Automation Critical Pre-Auth Bypass and Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-4670, CVE-2026-5174) — CRITICAL · 2026-05-04

Sources

Seeded from cveorg and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

community.progress.com

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