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title: "CVE-2026-89073: Progress MOVEit Transfer - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Progress MOVEit Transfer before 2025.1.6 and 2026.0.0 before 2026.0.4 contains an insufficient session expiration vulnerability caused by improper session timeout handling, letting attackers maintain access beyond intended session duration, exploit requires active session."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-89073/
---

# CVE-2026-89073 Progress MOVEit Transfer - Authentication Bypass

Progress MOVEit Transfer before 2025.1.6 and 2026.0.0 before 2026.0.4 contains an insufficient session expiration vulnerability caused by improper session timeout handling, letting attackers maintain access beyond intended session duration, exploit requires active session.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89073)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

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

Published

14 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-613](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/613.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to versions 2025.1.6 or 2026.0.4 or later.

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-2026-89073](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89073)
- [https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Critical-Security-Bulletin---September-2026](https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Critical-Security-Bulletin---September-2026)

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