CVE-2026-28178

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-06. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
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%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Powerkit <= 3.1.0 versions.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28178(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 21× in last 7d / 46× 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. 2026-08-21 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 04:15 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 04:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 06:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-19 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-18 08:27 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-17 10:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-15 14:43 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-15 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-14 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-14 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-13 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-12 21:06 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-12 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-12 09:27 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-12 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-11 11:36 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-11 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-10 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-09 15:55 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-09 15:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-08 18:05 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-08 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-07 20:14 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-07 20:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-06 22:24 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-06 22:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-06 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-06 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-06 14:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28178?
CVE-2026-28178 is a medium vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Powerkit <= 3.1.0 versions.
When was CVE-2026-28178 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28178 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28178 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28178 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 94.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28178?
CVE-2026-28178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28178?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28178, 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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