Missing AuthenticationWeakness · CWE-306

CVE-2026-7187

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-28
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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93/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
No privileges Zero-click 3 weeks old

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Universal Software Inc. UKBS allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects UKBS: through 28072026. NOTE: The vendor was contacted and it was learned that the product is not supported.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Missing authentication for critical function in Universal Software Inc. UKBS allows unauthenticated users to access privileged functionality that should be constrained by access control lists (ACLs). This is a CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) vulnerability enabling unauthorized access to sensitive operations.

MitigationSince the product is unsupported, network segmentation and firewall rules to restrict access to the affected system are the primary mitigations; implementing a reverse proxy with authentication or WAF may also provide compensating controls.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify UKBS installation and version
    Locate the Universal Software Inc. UKBS application in your environment and determine the installed version number through software inventory, installed programs list, or application About/Version information
    Affected if UKBS is installed and the version cannot be verified or is older than the latest release
  2. Review ACL configuration settings
    Access the UKBS administrative console or configuration files and examine the Access Control List (ACL) settings to determine which functions and endpoints are protected by authentication constraints
    Affected if ACLs are missing, misconfigured, or do not properly constrain critical functions
  3. Test critical functions without authentication
    Attempt to access or execute sensitive operations (such as administrative functions, data export, configuration changes, or user management features) without providing valid credentials
    Affected if Access to critical functions succeeds without authentication or authorization tokens
  4. Verify authentication enforcement on sensitive endpoints
    Inspect network traffic or API endpoints for sensitive operations and confirm that authentication challenges are enforced for all non-public functions
    Affected if Sensitive endpoints or API calls do not require authentication or return authorized data without credentials
  5. Check for unauthenticated access paths
    Review application logs, audit trails, or security event records for successful access attempts to protected areas from unauthenticated or unauthorized IP addresses
    Affected if Logs show successful access to protected functionality without valid authentication records

Your environment is affected if UKBS is present and critical functions can be accessed or executed without proper authentication due to missing or inadequate ACL constraints.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Since the product is unsupported, network segmentation and firewall rules to restrict access to the affected system are the primary mitigations; implementing a reverse proxy with authentication or WAF may also provide compensating controls.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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