High severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-12986
A critical vulnerability in Admin GUI in Payara Server Full 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 7.2026.x, 6.2025.x, 6.2024.x on All platforms that allows the attacker to leak the admin…
7.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A critical vulnerability in Admin GUI in Payara Server Full 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 7.2026.x, 6.2025.x, 6.2024.x on All platforms that allows the attacker to leak the admin gfresttoken to an attacker-controlled host that can result in a full unauthenticated takeover of Payara admin domain.
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the DownloadServlet of the Admin GUI in Payara Server allows a remote attacker to exfiltrate the administrator's REST session token (gfresttoken) to an attacker-controlled host via a crafted request URL. Combined with the absence of CSRF protection on DownloadServlet, an unauthenticated attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into triggering the token leak, then replay the stolen token to gain full administrative access to the Payara domain, leading to arbitrary code execution via WAR deployment. The vulnerability exists in the DownloadServlet and associated ContentSource implementations (LogViewerContentSource, LogFilesContentSource, LBConfigContentSource, ClientStubsContentSource) within the admingui:console-common module.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PS
Payara Server · Payara
7.2025.1 before 7.2026.6; 7.0.0 before 7.1.0; 6.0.0 before 6.39.0; 5.20.0 before 5.88.0; 4.1.144 before 4.1.2.191.56; 5.181 through 5.201.2; +2 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12986
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12986
docs.payara.fish
https://docs.payara.fish/community/docs/Release%20Notes/Release%20Notes%207.2026.6.html
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