CVE-2026-16497

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause excessive iteration. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
37%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

product-security/2026/5875 at main · NVIDIA/product-security · GitHub

https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5875
generic
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16497

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16497(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 24× in last 7d / 41× 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. 2026-09-18 21:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-17 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-17 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-17 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 15:54 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-16 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-15 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-15 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-15 02:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-14 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-14 02:04 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-14 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-13 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-13 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-12 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-12 00:36 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-12 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-11 12:14 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-11 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-10 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-10 11:29 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-10 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-09 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-09 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-08 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-08 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-08 18:14 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-08 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-08 16:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16497?
CVE-2026-16497 is a high vulnerability published on September 8, 2026. NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause excessive iteration. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
When was CVE-2026-16497 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16497 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16497 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16497 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 63.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16497?
CVE-2026-16497 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16497?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16497, 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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