Vulnerability in Gallagher (CVE-2026-27844)
Summary
Vulnerability in Gallagher (CVE-2026-27844). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Uncaught Exception (CWE-248) in the Controller 6000 and Controller 7000 diagnostic web interface allows an authenticated and authorized operator to trigger a Controller restart by sending specific requests, resulting in a temporary denial of service.
Version of Command Centre affected:
- 9.50 prior to vCR9.50.260616a (distributed in 9.50.1587(MR1))
- 9.40 prior to vCR9.40.260616a (distributed in 9.40.3130(MR3))
- 9.30 prior to vCR9.30.260616a (distributed in 9.30.3983(MR5))
- 9.20 prior to vCR9.20.260616a (distributed in 9.20.4349(MR7))
- all versions of 9.10 and prior.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-27844 has been found in Gallagher.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 2.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Gallagher CVE-2026-27844" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-27844 (Gallagher) — CWE-248 / CVSS v3 2.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-248) exists in Gallagher.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Gallagher.
Severity: Low (CVSS 2.7/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Gallagher' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Gallagher' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Gallagherを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch disclosures@gallagher.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com