CVE-2026-92860 (GCVE-0-2026-92860)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 12:00 – Updated: 2026-09-19 02:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
rcourtman Pulse Quick Security Setup quick-setup fmt.Sprintf input validation
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in rcourtman Pulse up to 6.0.4/6.1.0-rc.4. Affected by this issue is the function fmt.Sprintf of the file /api/security/quick-setup of the component Quick Security Setup Handler. The manipulation of the argument Username results in improper input validation. The attack may be performed from remote. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-19 02:17 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/406309 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/406309/cti | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-92860 | third-party-advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/submit/941807 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse/security/advis… | related |
| https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse/releases/tag/v6.1.0 | patch |
| https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse/ | product |
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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