Skip to main content

GAPTEQ Designer CVE-2026-50774

| EUVDEUVD-2026-60352 CRITICAL
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-08-17 mitre GHSA-f434-qw6r-6r84
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
Share

Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
8.8 HIGH

Network-reachable web app with low complexity, but the Company Manager role is required so PR:L not PR:N; privilege escalation yields full C/I/A within the app (S:U).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Aug 18, 2026 - 21:32 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 18, 2026 - 19:22 NVD
9.8 (CRITICAL)
CVE Published
Aug 17, 2026 - 00:00 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8
CVE Published
Aug 17, 2026 - 00:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue in GAPTEQ Designer v.3.5 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the Company Manger role.

AnalysisAI

Privilege escalation in GAPTEQ Designer v3.5 allows a remote attacker to abuse the Company Manager role to gain elevated privileges, per CWE-269 (improper privilege management). Publicly available exploit code exists (referenced on GitHub), and CISA's SSVC framework rates the technical impact as total and the flaw as automatable, though it is not listed in CISA KEV and EPSS remains low (0.21%, 11th percentile). …

Unlock full vulnerability intelligence

  • Risk assessment & exploitation conditions
  • Attack chain visualization
  • Remediation with exact patch versions
  • Threat intelligence from 22 sources
  • Personal watchlist & email alerts

Free forever · No credit card required

Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
technique details hidden
Delivery
technique details hidden
Exploit
technique details hidden
Execution
technique details hidden
Impact
technique details hidden

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The concrete prerequisite named in the CVE is abuse of the GAPTEQ 'Company Manager' role, so realistic exploitation requires the attacker to hold or acquire a Company Manager account on a GAPTEQ Designer v3.5 instance and to have network reach to its web interface. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The signals conflict and should be weighed carefully. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; the references point only to the vendor homepage (https://gapteq.com/en/), the NVD record (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50774), and researcher PoC material (https://github.com/Henkel-CyberVM/CVEs/tree/main/CVE-2026-50774), none of which cite a fixed build. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, conduct a complete inventory of all systems running GAPTEQ Designer v3.5 or earlier versions, identify business processes dependent on these instances, and determine whether any instances are internet-accessible. …

Sign in for detailed remediation steps and compensating controls.

Threat intelligence, references, and detailed analysis are available after sign-in.

More in N A

View all
CVE-2026-30623 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Jul 15

Command injection in LiteLLM 1.18.10 lets attackers who can configure MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers supply arbitr

CVE-2026-67917 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Aug 17

SQL injection in AzuraCast's backup restore flow (versions up to and including 0.23.7) lets an attacker achieve privileg

CVE-2026-75337 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Aug 27

Arbitrary file read in Yu AI Code Mother v4.3 lets anonymous, remote attackers retrieve files outside the intended previ

CVE-2026-31072 CRITICAL POC
9.8 May 19

Remote code execution in APScheduler (all versions through 3.10.x and 4.0.0a5) is achievable when applications deseriali

CVE-2026-45185 CRITICAL POC
9.8 May 12

Remote code execution in the Exim mail transfer agent (versions before 4.99.3) built against certain GnuTLS configuratio

CVE-2025-50455 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Jul 27

SQL injection in EasyAppointments <=1.5.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to extract and modify database contents via t

CVE-2026-36356 CRITICAL POC
9.1 May 05

Unauthenticated remote OS command injection in MeiG Smart FORGE_SLT711 cellular gateway firmware MDM9607.LE.1.0-00110-ST

CVE-2026-31071 CRITICAL POC
9.1 May 19

Unauthenticated API access in LalanaChami Pharmacy Management System (commit 5c3d028) allows remote attackers to dump al

CVE-2025-66391 HIGH POC
8.8 Jun 17

Privilege escalation via broken access control in Citrix Cloud (through 2025-11-10) lets a user holding only read-only p

CVE-2026-75419 HIGH POC
8.8 Aug 27

go-wind-cms (GoWind) before 1.0.0 exposes all administrative APIs to any authenticated user because NewAuthorizer() retu

CVE-2026-26740 HIGH POC
8.2 Mar 18

Giflib 5.2.2 contains a buffer overflow in the EGifGCBToExtension function that fails to validate allocated memory when

CVE-2025-60464 HIGH POC
7.8 Jun 25

Denial of service in GPAC's MP4Box multimedia tool (versions before 26.02.0) arises from a use-after-free in the gf_sei_

Share

CVE-2026-50774 vulnerability details – vuln.today

This site uses cookies essential for authentication and security. No tracking or analytics cookies are used. Privacy Policy