CVE-2026-40140

HIGHNVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-06. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access contain a high-severity pre-authentication vulnerability in the network communication subsystem. Insufficient validation of client-supplied input may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition affecting appliance availability.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
49%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 7, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40140(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 10× in last 7d / 77× 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 194 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-06 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-09-05 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-08-30 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-08-30 08:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-08-27 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-27 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-27 02:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-26 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-26 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-25 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-24 22:31 UTCEG score recompute
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  19. 2026-08-21 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-21 04:18 UTCEG score recompute
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  25. 2026-08-20 02:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  29. 2026-08-18 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  39. 2026-08-16 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-08-15 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
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  44. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-15 00:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  48. 2026-08-13 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  50. 2026-08-13 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-12 10:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-11 21:48 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-11 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
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  59. 2026-08-11 09:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-08-06 16:57 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40140?
CVE-2026-40140 is a high vulnerability published on July 6, 2026. BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access contain a high-severity pre-authentication vulnerability in the network communication subsystem. Insufficient validation of client-supplied input may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition affecting…
When was CVE-2026-40140 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40140 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 6, 2026, with the most recent update on July 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40140 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40140 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 51.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40140?
CVE-2026-40140 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40140?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40140, 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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