CVE-2026-40386

MEDIUMNVD 4.04.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-12. NVD baseline CVSS 4.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
4.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In libexif through 0.6.25, an integer underflow in size checking for Fuji and Olympus MakerNote decoding could be used by attackers to crash or leak information out of libexif-using programs.

CVSS v3
4.0
EG Score
4.0(medium)
EPSS
3.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 12, 2026

Last Modified

April 14, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40386(12)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatlibexif-0:0.6.22-6.el9_8.12026-06-03redhat
redhatlibexif-0:0.6.24-9.el10_2.12026-06-03redhat
redhatlibexif-0:0.6.22-6.el8_102026-05-26redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 31× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40386?
CVE-2026-40386 is a medium vulnerability published on April 12, 2026. In libexif through 0.6.25, an integer underflow in size checking for Fuji and Olympus MakerNote decoding could be used by attackers to crash or leak information out of libexif-using programs.
When was CVE-2026-40386 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40386 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 12, 2026, with the most recent update on April 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40386 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40386 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40386?
CVE-2026-40386 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40386?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40386, 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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