CVE-2026-26416 - Vulnerability Analysis

Overview

Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client v3.0 contains an authorization bypass caused by crafted requests, letting authenticated users escalate privileges across role boundaries.

Severity & Score

Impact

Authenticated users can escalate privileges, potentially gaining unauthorized access to restricted functions or data.

Mitigation

Update to the latest version.

References

• https://www.tcs.com/what-we-do/services/cognitive-business-operations/solution/cognix-platform-business-agility-enhanced-cx
• https://github.com/aksalsalimi/CVE-2026-26416
• https://github.com/aksalsalimi/cognix-recon-client-security-advisories

Social Media Activity(1 post)

TheHackerWire

@thehackerwire

Mar 7, 2026

🟠 CVE-2026-26416 - High (8.8) An authorization bypass vulnerability in Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client v3.0 allows authenticated users to escalate privileges across role boundaries via crafted requests. 🔗 https://www.thehackerwire.com/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26416/ #CVE #vulnerability #infosec #cybersecurity #security #Tenda #patchstack

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GitHub Repositories(1 repo)

• https://github.com/aksalsalimi/CVE-2026-26416

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