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Critical · 9.8 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2026-90817 EUVD-2026-83738GHSA-hg88-qg2r-c8mx

An unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability was found in the survey passthrough routing and Data Import processing logic, in whi…

Published Sep 20, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by Securifera

Vendor: Vanderbilt University Product: REDCap

Description

An unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability was found in the survey passthrough routing and Data Import processing logic, in which a malicious user could potentially exploit it by manipulating HTTP requests to access an unintended controller route from a public survey context and by supplying a crafted file-path/stream parameter during import handling. If successfully exploited, this could allow the attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on the REDCap server. The attacker does not have to be authenticated in order to exploit this, but exploitation requires knowledge of a valid public survey hash. This vulnerability exists in REDCap 13.3.0 and higher.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Vanderbilt University REDCap 13.3.0 16.0.49

Public exploits

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GitHub 6 repositories

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Automated scanner template

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