{"id":"CVE-2026-73642","title":"Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality","summary":"Dayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nThis issue was fixe…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N","cwe":["CWE-22"],"vendor":"Dayforce","product":"Payroll","affected":["Payroll R2026.2.0"],"published":"2026-09-28","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T14:17:39.327","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73642","references":[{"url":"https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/CVE-2026-73640","label":"cvd@cert.pl"},{"url":"https://hcm.excelityglobal.com/ESS","label":"cvd@cert.pl"},{"url":"https://essportal.excelityglobal.com","label":"cvd@cert.pl"},{"url":"https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/08/CVE-2026-73640","label":"cvd@cert.pl"},{"url":"https://www.dayforce.com/how-we-help/dayforce/payroll-solutions","label":"cvd@cert.pl"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00424,"epssPercentile":0.36516,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-28T17:57:33.458358Z"},"cvssSource":"cna","ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T14:12:02.173Z","slug":"CVE-2026-73642","body":"## Overview\n\nDayforce ESS Excelity is vulnerable to Path Traversal  in file download functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can sent GET request with file path parameter set to any path including an absolute\nlocal file path.\n\n\nThis issue was fixed in version V4.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":50.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}