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CVE-2026-42796

9.2 criticalEPSS 2.7%

Critical (9.2) in workiva arelle. EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Arelle before 2.39.10 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the /rest/configure REST endpoint that accepts a plugins query parameter and forwards it to the plugin manager without authentication or authorization. Attackers can supply a URL to a malicious Python file through the plugins parameter, causing the Arelle webserver to download and execute the attacker-controlled code within the Arelle process with its privileges.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.2 critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-306
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

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