CVE-2026-6516 is a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus affecting builds prior to 8606. The issue resides in the product's Agent API and is described as a chain of two weaknesses: an authentication bypass and a path traversal condition. By combining these flaws, a remote attacker can reach vulnerable agent functionality without credentials and leverage it to achieve code execution on the ADAudit Plus server. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 vector of AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L and a CVSS score of 10.0.
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A critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus caused by chaining two Agent API weaknesses: an authentication bypass and a path traversal.
An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus caused by a vulnerable agent API, affecting versions before 8606.
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