📄 Description (English)
In Progress Flowmon versions prior to 12.5.8, a vulnerability exists whereby an authenticated low-privileged user may craft a request during the report generation process that results in unintended commands being executed on the server.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2026-3692 is a command injection vulnerability in Progress Flowmon versions before 12.5.8 that allows authenticated low-privileged users to execute arbitrary commands on the server through crafted report generation requests. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this poses a significant risk to network monitoring infrastructure. No patch is currently available, requiring immediate compensating controls and monitoring.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 23, 2026 09:44
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability directly impacts Saudi organizations using Progress Flowmon for network monitoring and traffic analysis. Primary risk sectors include: Banking and Financial Services (SAMA-regulated institutions relying on Flowmon for network security monitoring), Government agencies (NCA, NCSC infrastructure), Telecommunications (STC, Mobily network operations), Energy sector (ARAMCO, SEC operations), and Healthcare institutions. The ability for authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands could lead to lateral movement, data exfiltration, and compromise of critical network monitoring capabilities that are essential for detecting other attacks.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services
Government and Public Administration
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
Healthcare
Critical Infrastructure
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Identify all Progress Flowmon installations in your environment and document versions
2. Restrict access to report generation functionality to only trusted administrators
3. Implement network segmentation to isolate Flowmon servers from critical systems
4. Enable comprehensive audit logging for all report generation activities
5. Monitor for suspicious command patterns in Flowmon logs
Compensating Controls (until patch available):
6. Implement strict input validation and sanitization for report generation parameters
7. Run Flowmon with minimal required privileges (non-root account)
8. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect command injection patterns in report requests
9. Use OS-level command execution restrictions (AppArmor/SELinux) on Flowmon servers
10. Implement rate limiting on report generation endpoints
Detection Rules:
11. Monitor for unusual process spawning from Flowmon service accounts
12. Alert on command injection patterns: backticks, $(), pipe characters in report parameters
13. Track failed authentication attempts followed by report generation requests
14. Monitor system calls from Flowmon processes for exec() family functions with suspicious arguments
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. حدد جميع تثبيتات Progress Flowmon في بيئتك وتوثيق الإصدارات
2. قيد الوصول إلى وظيفة إنشاء التقارير للمسؤولين الموثوقين فقط
3. طبق تقسيم الشبكة لعزل خوادم Flowmon عن الأنظمة الحرجة
4. فعّل تسجيل التدقيق الشامل لجميع أنشطة إنشاء التقارير
5. راقب الأنماط المريبة للأوامر في سجلات Flowmon
الضوابط التعويضية (حتى توفر التصحيح):
6. طبق التحقق من صحة المدخلات والتطهير الصارم لمعاملات إنشاء التقارير
7. قم بتشغيل Flowmon بأقل امتيازات مطلوبة (حساب غير جذر)
8. نشر قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن أنماط حقن الأوامر
9. استخدم قيود تنفيذ الأوامر على مستوى نظام التشغيل (AppArmor/SELinux)
10. طبق تحديد معدل على نقاط نهاية إنشاء التقارير
قواعد الكشف:
11. راقب عمليات غير عادية تنبثق من حسابات خدمة Flowmon
12. تنبيه على أنماط حقن الأوامر: علامات الاقتباس العكسية، $()، أحرف الأنابيب في معاملات التقرير
13. تتبع محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة متبوعة بطلبات إنشاء التقارير
14. راقب استدعاءات النظام من عمليات Flowmon لوظائف exec() بحجج مريبة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Access Control Policies (authenticated user privilege escalation)
ECC 2024 A.5.2.1 - User Registration and Access Rights Management
ECC 2024 A.5.3.1 - Management of Privileged Access Rights
ECC 2024 A.8.2.1 - User Access Management
ECC 2024 A.12.4.1 - Event Logging (command execution monitoring)
ECC 2024 A.12.4.3 - Protection of Log Information
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.AM-2 - Software, platforms, and applications are cataloged
SAMA CSF PR.AC-1 - Identities and credentials are issued and managed
SAMA CSF PR.AC-3 - Access is managed through least privilege principles
SAMA CSF DE.CM-1 - The network is monitored to detect potential cybersecurity events
SAMA CSF DE.AE-1 - A baseline of network operations and expected data flows is established
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.3 - Segregation of duties
ISO 27001:2022 A.6.2 - User access provisioning
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - User endpoint devices
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.3 - Privileged access rights
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.15 - Access control for development, test and production environments
ISO 27001:2022 A.12.4 - Logging
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 2.1 - Restrict access to system components by business need to know
PCI DSS 6.2 - Ensure all system components and software are protected from known vulnerabilities
PCI DSS 7.1 - Limit access to system components by business need to know
PCI DSS 10.2 - Implement automated audit trails for all access to audit trails
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
progress:flowmon