CVE-2026-12984

HIGHPre-NVD 8.28.2
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. the CNA's CVSS baseline 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:tr-cert, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Zyxel Networks WAH7601 allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.

This issue affects WAH7601: through 20072026.

CVSS v3
8.2
EG Score
8.2(high)
EG Risk
52(Track)
EG Risk 52/100SSVC: 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
Severity82% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
17%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12984(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 27× in last 7d / 46× 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 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 13:57 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 13:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 12:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 23:18 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 23:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 21:02 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 21:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 07:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 18:49 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 05:31 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-15 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-15 03:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-14 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-14 01:04 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-14 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-13 11:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-12 22:50 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-12 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-12 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-11 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-11 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-11 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-10 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-10 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-10 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-10 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-10 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-10 13:01 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-10 13:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12984?
CVE-2026-12984 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Zyxel Networks WAH7601 allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects WAH7601: through 20072026.
When was CVE-2026-12984 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12984 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12984 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12984 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 82.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12984?
CVE-2026-12984 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.2 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12984?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12984, 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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