CVE-2026-44042

LOWNVD 3.73.7
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-01. NVD baseline CVSS 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
3.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

UltraVNC repeater through 1.8.2.2 contains an off-by-one error in the Base64 decode helper used for HTTP Basic authentication. In repeater/webgui/webutils.c:817, the wi_uudecode() function checks whether the input length exceeds the output buffer with a strict greater-than comparison (>), while the correct check should be greater-than-or-equal (>=). When strlen(authdata) equals sizeof(decode), the decoded output length (approximately 3/4 of input) does not overflow the buffer in current practice because the outer HTTP request bounds constrain the Authorization header. However, the defective check leaves a latent off-by-one condition that could become exploitable if the buffering constraints change. The current risk is limited to a one-byte write at the boundary of a 1024-byte stack buffer under constrained conditions.

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
3.7(high)
EPSS
23.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44042(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 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. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-04 08:22 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-04 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-01 05:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-01 05:20 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44042?
CVE-2026-44042 is a low vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. UltraVNC repeater through 1.8.2.2 contains an off-by-one error in the Base64 decode helper used for HTTP Basic authentication. In repeater/webgui/webutils.c:817, the wi_uudecode() function checks whether the input length exceeds the output buffer with a strict greater-than comparison (>), while the…
When was CVE-2026-44042 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44042 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44042 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44042 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44042?
CVE-2026-44042 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44042?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44042, 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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