CVE-2014-8778: Checkmarx Cxsast

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Checkmarx CxSAST (formerly CxSuite) before 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the CxQL sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary C# code by asserting the (1) System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted or (2) System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag.AllFlags permission.

Affected products

• Checkmarx Cxsast: up to and including 7.1.6

Published 2015-09-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.