Auth bypass in Altium Enterprise Server
CVE-2026-11420
Two path traversal vulnerabilities in the Network Installation Service (NIS) of Altium Enterprise Server allow an unauthenticated network attacker to write arbitrary files to any writable location on the server filesystem and to read package archive files from the server. No authentication, session, or credentials are required. Because content-controlled files can be written to web-accessible directories, or used to overwrite application binaries or configuration files, exploitation can be escalated to remote code execution in the context of the service account, and can disclose deployment package contents. Altium 365 cloud deployments are not affected, as the Network Installation Service is not part of the cloud offering.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.007 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 4760f414-e1ae-4ff1-bdad-c7a9c3538b79 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-11420?
- CVE-2026-11420 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Altium Enterprise Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-05.
- How severe is CVE-2026-11420?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.