# CVE-2026-85409: Eleveo Quality Management path traversal in QuestionnaireService

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-85409-eleveo-quality-management-path-traversal-in-questionnaireservice  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-04. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-85409 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.3 · Published 2026-09-04

Eleveo Quality Management is a quality assurance and survey platform used by organizations to manage questionnaires and gather feedback. A path traversal vulnerability in the data export function allows a remote attacker to read or manipulate files on the affected system, potentially exposing sensitive data or enabling system compromise.

Technologies: [Eleveo Quality Management](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/quality-management). Vendors: [Eleveo](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/eleveo).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-85409 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85409 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-85409?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 4 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Eleveo Quality Management 9.7.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85409?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-85409 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-85409?** Check whether you run Eleveo Quality Management at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the QuestionnaireService.runDataExportNow function in Eleveo Quality Management 9.7.0, where the file_name parameter is not properly validated. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject path traversal sequences (e.g., ../) to access or export arbitrary files outside the intended directory. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, and a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available. No vendor patch has been released as the vendor has not responded to disclosure attempts.

## Affected products

- Eleveo Quality Management 9.7.0

## Timeline

- 2026-09-04: disclosed
- other: Exploit is publicly available

## References

- [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fCPpqzYyoII_lfC6iXy-hLd1YpJcgmgR/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fCPpqzYyoII_lfC6iXy-hLd1YpJcgmgR/view?usp=sharing)
- [https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-85409](https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-85409)

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