CVE-2026-40400

HIGHPre-NVD 8.08.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-14. the CNA's CVSS baseline 8.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:microsoft, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Relative path traversal in Windows PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CVSS v3
8.0
EG Score
8.0(medium)
EG Risk
36(Track)
EG Risk 36/100SSVC: 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
Severity80% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
56%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40400

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40400(2)

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 35× in last 7d / 170× 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 242 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40400?
CVE-2026-40400 is a high vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Relative path traversal in Windows PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
When was CVE-2026-40400 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40400 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40400 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40400 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 44.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40400?
CVE-2026-40400 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.0 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40400?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40400, 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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