CVE-2026-20685

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-18. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive information. A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in PCC Release 5E290.3.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
9.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 18, 2026

Last Modified

June 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated May 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Documentation

https://security.apple.com/documentation/private-cloud-compute/releasenotes#darwin-init

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-20685(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 11× in last 7d / 53× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 139 total refreshes for this CVE.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-20685?
CVE-2026-20685 is a medium vulnerability published on May 18, 2026. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive information. A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in PCC Release 5E290.3.
When was CVE-2026-20685 disclosed?
CVE-2026-20685 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 18, 2026, with the most recent update on June 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-20685 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-20685 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 9.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-20685?
CVE-2026-20685 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-20685?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-20685, 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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