CVE-2026-44518

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 77% 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
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. Prior to 0.16.0, an out-of-bounds read has been identified in the XMSS and XMSS^MT stateful signature verification code. When the verification function is called with a signature buffer shorter than the expected signature size for the given parameter set, the implementation does not validate the caller-supplied length and proceeds to read past the end of the buffer. The out-of-bounds bytes are consumed only as input to an internal hash computation and are not returned to the caller, so no oracle exists to leak their contents to an attacker. The primary observable effect is a possible crash (denial of service) of the verifying process if the read crosses into an unmapped memory page. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.16.0.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: 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
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 29, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available

XMSS Buffer Overread Bug · Advisory · open-quantum-safe/liboqs · GitHub

Affected: version 0.16.0 (to be released) and the main branch of liboqs on GitHub.

https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/security/advisories/GHSA-wf7v-fhxj-73m2
github_commit

commit ef70dea7c85e (open-quantum-safe/liboqs)

Fix landed in open-quantum-safe/liboqs commit ef70dea7c85e — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/commit/ef70dea7c85e5637f37828d75e5b9bb29dbfe513

Weakness Classification(2)

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

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44518?
CVE-2026-44518 is a medium vulnerability published on May 29, 2026. liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. Prior to 0.16.0, an out-of-bounds read has been identified in the XMSS and XMSS^MT stateful signature verification code. When the verification function is called with a signature…
When was CVE-2026-44518 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44518 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 29, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44518 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44518 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44518?
CVE-2026-44518 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44518?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44518, 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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