Medium severity · published Jun 20, 2026
CVE-2026-12673
Liquidfiles versions before 4.2.12 are affected by a broken access control vulnerability resulting in privilege escalation from an Admin in a secondary domain to a Sysadmin by…
5.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Liquidfiles versions before 4.2.12 are affected by a broken access control vulnerability resulting in privilege escalation from an Admin in a secondary domain to a Sysadmin by modifying a group in their managed secondary (non-default) group.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
liquidfiles · liquidfiles
before 4.2.12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12673
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12673
docs.liquidfiles.com
https://docs.liquidfiles.com/release_notes/version_4-2-x.html
projectblack.io
https://projectblack.io/blog/liquidfiles-privilege-escalation/
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