CVE-2026-43679

LOWPre-NVD 2.42.4
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 2.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-21. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 2.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
2.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 2.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

The CVE record names the fixed release — apply it.

This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user contacts.

CVSS v3
2.4
EG Score
2.4LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
11
EG Risk 11/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity24% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 2.4 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (2.4): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 2.4 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
2.4 LOWCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-18). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

October 18, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43679(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 / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-19 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  2. 2026-10-18 20:46 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-18 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  4. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  5. 2026-10-18 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-17 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  7. 2026-10-16 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  8. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  9. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  10. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  11. 2026-10-12 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-11 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-11 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-11 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  16. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  17. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  18. 2026-10-08 17:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  19. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  20. 2026-10-06 23:06 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-06 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  22. 2026-10-06 15:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  23. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  24. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  25. 2026-10-03 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-03 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  2. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  3. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  4. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  5. 2026-09-30 09:11 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-30 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  7. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  8. 2026-09-27 02:45 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-27 02:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  10. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  11. 2026-09-23 17:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  12. 2026-09-23 03:08 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-23 03:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  14. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  15. 2026-09-19 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-19 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  17. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  18. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  19. 2026-09-16 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-16 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  21. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  22. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  23. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  24. 2026-09-13 07:45 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-13 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  26. 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  27. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  28. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  29. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  30. 2026-09-10 01:22 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-10 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  32. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  33. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  34. 2026-09-06 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-06 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  36. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  37. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  38. 2026-09-03 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-03 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  40. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  41. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  42. 2026-08-31 06:10 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-31 06:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  44. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  45. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  46. 2026-08-27 23:43 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-27 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  48. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  49. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  50. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  51. 2026-08-24 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  52. 2026-08-24 16:48 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-24 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.4
  54. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  55. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  56. 2026-08-21 14:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg
  57. 2026-08-21 13:34 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 2.4 LOW
  58. 2026-08-21 13:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6xfq-8244-4xgg
  59. 2026-08-21 13:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 2.4 · severity → LOW
  60. 2026-08-21 01:29 UTCNVD update
  61. 2026-08-21 00:51 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-21 00:51 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43679?
CVE-2026-43679 is a low-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 21, 2026. This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user contacts.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-43679 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-43679 was published on August 21, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 18, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-43679 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43679 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (5th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43679?
CVE-2026-43679 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43679?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-43679 names the fix: "This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.4." The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-43679 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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