4.2

CVE-2026-85511: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVSS: 4.2v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
Published 18-09-2026Last modified 25-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-85511 is a medium (CVSS 4.2) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in EAP's Elytron. An EAP application whose security domain is backed by an Elytron token-realm with oauth2-introspection would allow parameter substitution due to missing URL encoding.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.15 pp

From 0.13% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

No affected systems are recorded for this record.

References

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