CVE-2026-40526

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Volmarg Personal Management System contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying absolute filesystem paths to the GET /public/get-file/{path} endpoint. The path route parameter is passed directly to file_get_contents() without canonicalization against a permitted base directory, enabling attackers to retrieve sensitive files accessible to the PHP-FPM worker process without using directory traversal sequences.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
47%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 27, 2026

Last Modified

August 29, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 27, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

Volmarg Personal Management System Path Traversal via get-file Endpoint | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/volmarg-personal-management-system-path-traversal-via-get-file-endpoint
github_commit

commit a0443570e105 (Volmarg/personal-management-system)

Fix landed in Volmarg/personal-management-system commit a0443570e105 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/Volmarg/personal-management-system/commit/a0443570e105ed4835ce57f3c0a3e33d5b77418c
github_commit

commit fb9d3679d5b2 (Volmarg/personal-management-system)

Fix landed in Volmarg/personal-management-system commit fb9d3679d5b2 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/Volmarg/personal-management-system/commit/fb9d3679d5b28977ef59e61c3eed42bec602ed8b

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40526(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 13× in last 7d / 13× 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.

  1. 2026-08-30 04:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-29 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-29 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-29 03:07 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-29 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-28 18:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-28 18:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-27 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-27 16:49 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-27 16:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40526?
CVE-2026-40526 is a medium vulnerability published on August 27, 2026. Volmarg Personal Management System contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying absolute filesystem paths to the GET /public/get-file/{path} endpoint. The path route parameter is passed directly to filegetcontents() without…
When was CVE-2026-40526 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40526 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 27, 2026, with the most recent update on August 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40526 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40526 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 52.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40526?
CVE-2026-40526 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40526?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40526, 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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