CVE-2026-36425

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-16. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
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: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: 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%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 16, 2026

Last Modified

July 17, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

VirusTotal

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2248347b2ec49f07268a44816ebb6265677093ec277f825de1a76700ab25e3bc
generic

VirusTotal

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/07c5209bf83065fe760f4fee4ed2308b0c523671f68ca73a3854c2c8c28c0541
generic

GitHub - redteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425: CVE-2026-36425 OPSWAT AppRemover (ardrv.sys) improper access control advisory · GitHub

https://github.com/redteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-36425(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 / 82× 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 338 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-30 03:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-27 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-08-26 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-08-25 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-08-24 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-22 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-08-21 21:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-20 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-20 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-08-18 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-08-17 23:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  11. 2026-08-17 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-08-16 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-08-13 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-08-12 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  28. 2026-08-11 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  31. 2026-08-10 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-08-09 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  37. 2026-08-08 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-07 15:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-08-06 17:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  43. 2026-08-05 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-04 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-04 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-03 21:51 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-03 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
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  52. 2026-08-02 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-08-02 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-01 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-31 03:56 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-07-31 03:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-07-30 05:27 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-07-30 05:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  65. 2026-07-29 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  67. 2026-07-28 08:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  70. 2026-07-27 09:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  73. 2026-07-26 11:28 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-07-26 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCredteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425
    First seen Jun 17, 2026

    CVE-2026-36425 OPSWAT AppRemover (ardrv.sys) improper access control advisory

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-36425?
CVE-2026-36425 is a medium vulnerability published on July 16, 2026. An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.
When was CVE-2026-36425 disclosed?
CVE-2026-36425 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 16, 2026, with the most recent update on July 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-36425 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-36425 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 64.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-36425?
CVE-2026-36425 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-36425?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-36425, 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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