CVE-2026-90817

An unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability was found in the survey passthrough routing and Data Import processing logic, in which a malicious user could potentially exploit it by manipulating HTTP requests to access an unintended controller route from a public survey context and by supplying a crafted file-path/stream parameter during import handling. If successfully exploited, this could allow the attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on the REDCap server. The attacker does not have to be authenticated in order to exploit this, but exploitation requires knowledge of a valid public survey hash. This vulnerability exists in REDCap 13.3.0 and higher.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.securifera.com/advisories/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 Sep 2026, 13:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-20 13:17

Updated : 2026-09-22 19:44

NVD link : CVE-2026-90817

Mitre link : CVE-2026-90817

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-90817

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-73

External Control of File Name or Path

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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