CVE-2026-20462

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.76.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

In Telephony, there is a possible memory corruption due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11006447; Issue ID: MSV-7871.

CVSS v3
6.7
EG Score
6.7(high)
EPSS
1.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 1, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

July 2026

https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/July-2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-20462(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 17× in last 7d / 17× 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. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-06 11:06 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-06 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-05 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-05 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-04 08:09 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.70
  11. 2026-07-04 08:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-01 11:23 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.7 · severity → MEDIUM
  16. 2026-07-01 05:22 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-01 05:20 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-20462?
CVE-2026-20462 is a medium vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. In Telephony, there is a possible memory corruption due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11006447; Issue ID: MSV-7871.
When was CVE-2026-20462 disclosed?
CVE-2026-20462 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-20462 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-20462 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-20462?
CVE-2026-20462 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-20462?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-20462, 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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