CVE-2026-21079

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: <0.1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

Missing encryption of sensitive data in Smart Switch prior to version 3.7.72.6 allows adjacent attackers to intercept transmitted data.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
29
EG Risk 29/100CISA 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
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
<0.1%
EPSS %ILE
below the 1st
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

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 total (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 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Samsung Mobile Security

https://security.samsungmobile.com/serviceWeb.smsb?year=2026&month=08

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-21079(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 12× in last 7d / 52× 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 106 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 05:36 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-02 09:25 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-02 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-30 22:48 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-30 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-29 15:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-29 05:27 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-29 05:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-27 17:00 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-27 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-09-25 12:33 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-25 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-24 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-24 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-24 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-23 11:08 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-23 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-22 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-21 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-20 10:51 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-20 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-19 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-19 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-18 06:49 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 06:57 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-17 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-09-12 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-11 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-10 05:49 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-10 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-09 05:56 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-09 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-07 17:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-06 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-06 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-05 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-04 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-03 03:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-01 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-31 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-30 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-29 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-27 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-26 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-25 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-25 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-24 17:30 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-24 17:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-23 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-23 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-22 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-21 17:14 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-21 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-20 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-20 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-19 17:26 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.50
  52. 2026-08-19 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-19 17:16 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  54. 2026-08-19 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-19 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-18 08:38 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-18 08:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-17 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  70. 2026-08-12 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-11 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-08-11 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-11 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-08-10 18:25 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-21079?
CVE-2026-21079 is a medium vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. Missing encryption of sensitive data in Smart Switch prior to version 3.7.72.6 allows adjacent attackers to intercept transmitted data.
When was CVE-2026-21079 disclosed?
CVE-2026-21079 was first published on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-21079 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-21079 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a <0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (below the 1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-21079?
CVE-2026-21079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-21079?
No fix for CVE-2026-21079 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-2026-21079 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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