Critical
Path Traversal in Dayforce ESS Excelity
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 local file path. This issue was fixed in version V4.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-73642
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-73642
ESS Excelity
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Dayforce",
"product": "ESS Excelity",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "V4",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-73642
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #17324 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date