Deserialization in Hyland Onbase Workflow Timer Service
CVE-2026-26221
Hyland OnBase contains an unauthenticated .NET Remoting exposure in the OnBase Workflow Timer Service (Hyland.Core.Workflow.NTService.exe). An attacker who can reach the service can send crafted .NET Remoting requests to default HTTP channel endpoints on TCP/8900 (e.g., TimerServiceAPI.rem and TimerServiceEvents.rem for Workflow) to trigger unsafe object unmarshalling, enabling arbitrary file read/write. By writing attacker-controlled content into web-accessible locations or chaining with other OnBase features, this can lead to remote code execution. The same primitive can be abused by supplying a UNC path to coerce outbound NTLM authentication (SMB coercion) to an attacker-controlled host.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
EPSS: 0.011 (62.9th 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
- Hyland Onbase Workflow Timer Service — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, permissions-required, mitigation)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-26221?
- CVE-2026-26221 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hyland Onbase Workflow Timer Service, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-13.
- How severe is CVE-2026-26221?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.