Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Overflow Buffers. This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0.1, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.6, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 5.2.3 before 5.2.*.
CVE-2026-18457
This high-severity CVE scores 8.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 64% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.3
- EG Score
- 8.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 38(Track)EG Risk 38/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity83% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 36%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 22, 2026
Last Modified
September 22, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026RTI Connext Security Bulletins and Advisories (last updated on 2026-09-22)
https://www.rti.com/vulnerabilities/#cve-2026-18457Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18457(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 10× in last 7d / 10× 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.
- 2026-09-23 21:12 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-23 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-23 08:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-22 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-22 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 18:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-22 18:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 17:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 17:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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