CVE-2026-14256

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.74.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

ELAN reported a potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the ELAN TrackPoint driver that, under certain circumstances, could allow a local authenticated user to cause a system crash.

CVSS v3
4.7
EG Score
4.7(high)
EG Risk
21(Track)
EG Risk 21/100SSVC: 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
Severity47% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14256(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 15× in last 7d / 22× 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 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 04:37 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 06:35 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 10:31 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-16 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-15 12:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-15 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-14 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-13 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-13 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-13 15:59 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-13 15:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-13 15:23 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-13 15:12 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-13 15:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14256?
CVE-2026-14256 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. ELAN reported a potential out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the ELAN TrackPoint driver that, under certain circumstances, could allow a local authenticated user to cause a system crash.
When was CVE-2026-14256 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14256 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14256 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14256 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 99.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14256?
CVE-2026-14256 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14256?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14256, 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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