CVE-2026-38766

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-23. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the sub_186f4 function

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
51(Track*)
EG Risk 51/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 22, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 24, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

DreadSec | This Anti-Virus is Malware

https://dreadsec.co/p/protogent-kernel-anti-virus-multiple-vulnerabilities.html
generic

D7EAD (Dread) · GitHub

https://github.com/D7EAD

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-38766(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 19× in last 7d / 86× 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 187 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-14 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-13 22:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-13 22:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-13 06:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-12 18:27 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-12 18:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-12 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-11 17:52 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-11 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-10 22:05 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-10 22:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-09 09:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-09 09:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-07 21:43 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-07 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-06 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-05 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-05 19:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-05 07:17 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-05 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-04 13:59 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-04 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-01 23:42 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-01 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-31 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-31 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-08-30 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-08-30 00:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-27 22:30 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-27 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-27 10:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-26 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-26 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-26 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-25 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-25 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-25 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-24 15:52 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-24 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-24 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-23 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-23 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-23 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-22 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-22 03:02 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-22 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-21 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-21 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-21 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-20 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-20 01:43 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-20 01:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-19 13:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-19 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-19 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-18 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-17 23:56 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-17 23:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-08-17 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-16 23:30 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-16 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-08-16 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-16 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-08-15 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-15 11:00 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-08-15 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-14 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-14 10:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-13 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-13 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment

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 PoCD7EAD/CVE-2026-38766
    First seen May 21, 2026

    An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd. Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via a kernel mode driver.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-38766?
CVE-2026-38766 is a high vulnerability published on July 22, 2026. An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the sub_186f4 function
When was CVE-2026-38766 disclosed?
CVE-2026-38766 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 22, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-38766 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-38766 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 93.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-38766?
CVE-2026-38766 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-38766?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-38766, 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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