CVE-2026-16077

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

A vulnerability was found in AstrBotDevs AstrBot up to 4.25.5. Impacted is the function _normalize_rw_path of the file astrbot/core/tools/computer_tools/fs.py of the component Filesystem Computer-Use Tool. Performing a manipulation results in link following. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
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
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
6.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 18, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

AstrBot: Restricted local-runtime workspace boundary bypass via hardlink alias in AstrBot filesystem computer-use tools · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/d2581be79bb3caf9a032b0614dfc7728

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16077(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 14× in last 7d / 14× 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. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-20 17:55 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-20 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-20 16:36 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  9. 2026-07-20 15:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 4.8
  10. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-18 08:02 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  13. 2026-07-18 07:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-18 07:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16077?
CVE-2026-16077 is a medium vulnerability published on July 18, 2026. A vulnerability was found in AstrBotDevs AstrBot up to 4.25.5. Impacted is the function normalizerwpath of the file astrbot/core/tools/computertools/fs.py of the component Filesystem Computer-Use Tool. Performing a manipulation results in link following. The attack is only possible with local…
When was CVE-2026-16077 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16077 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 18, 2026, with the most recent update on July 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16077 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16077 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 6.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16077?
CVE-2026-16077 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16077?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16077, 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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