CVE-2026-42546

LOWPre-NVD 3.83.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This low-severity CVE scores 3.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 99% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.8
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 3.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.3.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a resource leak exists in OP-TEE’s shared memory cleanup logic because the function cleanup_shm_refs() in core/tee/entry_std.c fails to apply a required bitmask (OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_MASK) to parameter attributes. When processing non-contiguous memory parameters from a normal-world caller, the system fails to match the attribute type in its internal switch statement and skips the necessary mobj_put() call. This results in a persistent reference leak of mobj_reg_shm objects, which remain on internal lists with dangling refcounts. This affects non-FF-A configurations that support non-contiguous, non-secure shared memory. Over time, these accumulated leaks progressively consume the secure-world heap, degrading the system's ability to service trusted application operations and eventually requiring a reboot to recover. Version 4.11.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

CVSS v3
3.8
EG Score
3.8(medium)
EPSS
1.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 7, 2026

References (1)

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× 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. 2026-07-13 10:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-10 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-06 19:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-42546?
CVE-2026-42546 is a low vulnerability published on July 6, 2026. OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.3.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a resource leak exists in OP-TEE’s shared memory cleanup logic because the…
When was CVE-2026-42546 disclosed?
CVE-2026-42546 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-2026-42546 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-42546 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-42546?
CVE-2026-42546 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-42546?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-42546, 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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