CVE-2026-17043

LOWPre-NVD 3.83.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-13. A secondary CVSS source baseline 3.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 3.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files due to path traversal.

CVSS v3
3.8
EG Score
3.8LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
17
EG Risk 17/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity38% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
38th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17043(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 9× in last 7d / 37× 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. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-30 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-30 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-27 09:41 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-27 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-22 22:58 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-22 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-19 23:25 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-19 23:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-16 23:56 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-16 23:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-13 16:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-13 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-10 16:53 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-10 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-07 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-07 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-04 14:43 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-04 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-01 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-01 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-29 15:04 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-29 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-26 14:12 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-26 14:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-23 14:40 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-23 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-20 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-20 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-17 15:41 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-17 15:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-14 17:34 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-14 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-14 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-14 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-13 20:20 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-13 20:02 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-13 20:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17043?
CVE-2026-17043 is a low vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files due to path traversal.
When was CVE-2026-17043 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17043 was first published on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update 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-2026-17043 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17043 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (38th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17043?
CVE-2026-17043 has a CVSS base score of 3.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17043?
No fix for CVE-2026-17043 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-17043 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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