CVE-2026-12553

HIGHPre-NVD 8.98.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 76% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

HP has identified a potential vulnerability in HP Web Jetadmin (WJA) that may allow an unauthenticated actor to read from or write to arbitrary files through a DLL hijacking mechanism.

CVSS v3
8.9
EG Score
8.9(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity89% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12553(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 05:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 18:17 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 18:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 19:12 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 20:29 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 18:21 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-17 18:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12553?
CVE-2026-12553 is a high vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. HP has identified a potential vulnerability in HP Web Jetadmin (WJA) that may allow an unauthenticated actor to read from or write to arbitrary files through a DLL hijacking mechanism.
When was CVE-2026-12553 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12553 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12553 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12553 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12553?
CVE-2026-12553 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12553?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12553, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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