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Key Manager Plus CVE-2026-77777

| EUVDEUVD-2026-115728 HIGH
Insufficient Granularity of Access Control (CWE-1220)
2026-11-03 Zohocorp GHSA-9c74-3mf8-v92c
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Zohocorp
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate to Key Manager Plus with low-privilege account
  2. Exploit
    Access another user's ACME credential object
  3. Execution
    Bypass improper access-control check
  4. Impact
    Modify victim's certificate deployment credentials

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Insufficient granularity of access control
Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated Key Manager Plus account (PR:L) on an instance running a version before build 7151; the attacker then modifies another user's ACME certificate deployment credentials via the improper access-control flaw. Limiting factors: valid application credentials are mandatory (no unauthenticated path), the CVSS vector rates attack complexity high (AC:H), and exploitation is bounded to the ACME certificate deployment credential functionality. The specific precondition or configuration that triggers the access-control failure is not described in the available sources. The only complete fix stated by the vendor is upgrading to build 7151.

Impact

Signals are moderate and partly internally inconsistent. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 is driven largely by S:C (scope change) and C:H, yet the description describes an authenticated user modifying another user's ACME certificate deployment credentials - an access-control/integrity problem, not a disclosure one - so the C:H confidentiality weighting is hard to reconcile with the stated behavior and should be verified with Zoho. The attack vector is network (AV:N) but requires authentication (PR:L) and is rated high complexity (AC:H), both of which meaningfully reduce real-world exploitability; the attacker must already hold a valid Key Manager Plus account. The vuln.today priority is 'this_week' (not act_now/emergency), and no EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public PoC/exploit reference is present in the input, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or mass-exploitation pressure. Net: a legitimate multi-user authorization weakness worth patching on a normal cycle, not a drop-everything emergency, with the caveat that the C:H rating and the modification-only description conflict and warrant vendor confirmation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A low-privileged but authenticated user of ManageEngine Key Manager Plus (before build 7151) abuses the improper access-control check to reach and modify ACME certificate deployment credentials belonging to another user. By altering those deployment credentials, the attacker could disrupt or redirect certificate deployment for the victim's resources. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the exact trigger is not described in the available sources.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.7% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026

Improper access control in ManageEngine Key Manager Plus builds prior to 7151 lets an authenticated user modify another user's ACME certificate deployment credentials, an integrity-only impact confined to that credential functionality. Exploitation requires a valid Key Manager Plus account (PR:L) on an unpatched build, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Our assessment rates the issue moderate: the CVE record's published 7.1 vector (AC:H, C:H, changed scope) is more severe than the assessed integrity-only impact, and the 'this_week' decision label places the upgrade in normal weekly remediation rather than emergency response.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade ManageEngine Key Manager Plus to build 7151; the vendor states that updating is the only complete fix, and no workaround or configuration-level mitigation is documented in the available sources. Plan the upgrade within the current weekly cycle consistent with the 'this_week' priority label, and consult https://www.manageengine.com/key-manager/advisory/cve-2026-77777.html for the vendor's installation steps and any build-specific notes. Because the flaw only matters where ACME certificate deployment credentials are in use, confirming after the upgrade that each deployment record is owned by the expected account provides a useful verification step that the credential data was not altered.

Affected VersionsENISA

ManageEngine Key Manager Plus 0 <7151

Affected Packages

euvd manageengine_key_manager_plus fix: 7151

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Key Manager Plus is Zoho's certificate lifecycle management product, and its ACME (RFC 8555) integration automates issuance and deployment of TLS certificates to target servers, holding per-deployment credentials for each user. CWE-1220 (Insecure Granularity of Access Control) describes the root cause class: the authorization check is not fine-grained enough to bind an authenticated user's actions to their own ACME deployment records, so a valid account can reach and alter another user's deployment credentials. The specific precondition or configuration that exposes the access-control failure is not described in the available sources, and the assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) limits impact to integrity of the credential data with no confidentiality or availability effect; the CVE record's published vector instead lists AC:H, C:H and changed scope, which the independent assessment does not corroborate.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Zohocorp) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Authenticated network user (PR:L, AV:N); nothing in evidence indicates added complexity so AC:L; impact is modification of another user's credentials (I:L), with no disclosed read (C:N) or availability loss (A:N).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Zohocorp).

CVSS VectorVendor: Zohocorp

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Nov 03, 2026 - 11:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Nov 03, 2026 - 09:36 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

ManageEngine Key Manager Plus versions before 7151 are vulnerable to an improper access control issue that allow authenticated users to modify another user's ACME certificate deployment credentials.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

CVE-2026-77777 affects ManageEngine Key Manager Plus builds prior to 7151, allowing authenticated users to tamper with other users' ACME certificate deployment credentials. While the integrity-only impact is confined to that functionality and rated moderate internally, certificate credential compromise can undermine trust in automated certificate management, so security leadership should ensure timely remediation.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include enforcing least privilege and limiting Key Manager Plus accounts to essential personnel, enabling detailed audit logging and alerting on ACME credential changes, reviewing existing deployment credentials for unauthorized modifications, and isolating the management interface from untrusted networks.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 45% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
specialized enterprise certificate/key management product, niche footprint
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.7%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Medium

Priority Score

37
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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