CVE-2026-40050

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-04-21. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

CrowdStrike has released security updates to address a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-40050) in LogScale. This vulnerability only requires mitigation by customers that host specific versions of LogScale and does not affect Next-Gen SIEM customers. The vulnerability exists in a specific cluster API endpoint that, if exposed, allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem without authentication.

Next-Gen SIEM customers are not affected and do not need to take any action. CrowdStrike mitigated the vulnerability for LogScale SaaS customers by deploying network-layer blocks to all clusters on April 7, 2026. We have proactively reviewed all log data and there is no evidence of exploitation.

LogScale Self-hosted customers should upgrade to a patched version immediately to remediate the vulnerability.

CrowdStrike identified this vulnerability during continuous and ongoing product testing.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
45%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 21, 2026

Last Modified

April 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 27, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

CVE-2026-40050 — CrowdStrike LogScale Unauthenticated Path Traversal

https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/security-advisories/cve-2026-40050/

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 39× 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 153 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-07-23 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
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  31. 2026-06-15 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  37. 2026-06-12 06:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-06-10 12:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-06-08 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  65. 2026-06-07 14:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40050?
CVE-2026-40050 is a critical vulnerability published on April 21, 2026. CrowdStrike has released security updates to address a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-40050) in LogScale. This vulnerability only requires mitigation by customers that host specific versions of LogScale and does not affect Next-Gen SIEM customers. The vulnerability…
When was CVE-2026-40050 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40050 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 21, 2026, with the most recent update on April 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40050 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40050 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 55.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40050?
CVE-2026-40050 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40050?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40050, 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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