CVE-2026-19987

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

A security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /assets/uploadImage/Profile/. Such manipulation leads to exposure of information through directory listing. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: 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%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-19987(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

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. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 13:00 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 16:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-17 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-17 06:19 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-19987?
CVE-2026-19987 is a medium vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. A security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /assets/uploadImage/Profile/. Such manipulation leads to exposure of information through directory listing. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.
When was CVE-2026-19987 disclosed?
CVE-2026-19987 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-19987 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-19987 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 77.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-19987?
CVE-2026-19987 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-19987?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-19987, 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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