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CVE-2026-89040

Tencent Mass Service Engine in Cluster (MSEC) allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to send a crafted POST request including ../ and gain root access on the target device.

CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 0.93%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Tencent Mass Service Engine in Cluster (MSEC) allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to send a crafted POST request including ../ and gain root access on the target device. An attacker who uploads a webshell can execute arbitrary code as root.

CVSS 4.0
9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.93% probability · 59th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Source
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
EPSS trend
0%3%5%19 September 2026: 0.93%19 September 202619 September 2026

EPSS 0.9% since 19 September 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.