CVE-2026-28596

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-08. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: <0.1%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

In parseInterventionFromXml of GameManagerService.java, there is a possible permanent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
25
EG Risk 25/100CISA 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
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
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 every mission impact level.

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 partial (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

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

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

Android Security Bulletin—September 2026  |  Android Open Source Project

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-09-01

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28596(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 15× in last 7d / 57× 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. 2026-10-05 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 10:28 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-03 10:46 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-03 10:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-02 10:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-01 10:52 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-01 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-30 11:10 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-30 11:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-29 11:28 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-29 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-28 11:30 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-28 11:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-27 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-27 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-26 11:42 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-26 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-26 00:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-25 11:48 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-25 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-24 12:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-23 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-22 12:43 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-22 12:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-21 13:01 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-21 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-20 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-19 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-18 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-18 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-17 19:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-17 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 14:18 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-16 14:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-15 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 17:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-13 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-12 17:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-11 18:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-11 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-10 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-10 17:25 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  27. 2026-09-10 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-10 17:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  29. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-08 19:30 UTCNVD update
  31. 2026-09-08 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-08 18:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28596?
CVE-2026-28596 is a medium vulnerability published on September 8, 2026. In parseInterventionFromXml of GameManagerService.java, there is a possible permanent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
When was CVE-2026-28596 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28596 was first published on September 8, 2026, with the most recent update on September 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28596 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28596 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-2026-28596?
CVE-2026-28596 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28596?
No fix for CVE-2026-28596 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-2026-28596 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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