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title: "CVE-2026-86681: ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager - Broken Access Control"
description: "ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager <= 182200 contains a broken access control caused by improper permissions validation, letting low-privileged users execute administrator-configured MBean actions outside their scope, exploit requires low-privileged user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-86681/
---

# CVE-2026-86681 ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager - Broken Access Control

ZohoCorp ManageEngine Applications Manager <= 182200 contains a broken access control caused by improper permissions validation, letting low-privileged users execute administrator-configured MBean actions outside their scope, exploit requires low-privileged user access.

CVSS base score 7.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86681)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Published

23 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version above 182200 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86681](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86681)
- [https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications\_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2026-86681.html](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2026-86681.html)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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