CVE-2026-9774ATEN Unizon updateLicense Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ATEN Unizon updateLicense Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files on affected installations of ATEN Unizon. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the updateLicense method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files or create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-28502.
Timeline
ID reserved
By zdi
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| zdiCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
References
References2
- ZDI-26-378 (opens in a new tab)x_research-advisory
- vendor-provided URL (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-39112 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-9774)Record last updated .