CVE-2026-45557

MEDIUMNVD 5.85.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-19. NVD baseline CVSS 5.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Technitium DNS Server aggressively tries to fetch missing RRSIG records or mismatched DNSKEY records. An attacker in control of a domain can cause a vulnerable system to generate excessive network traffic. Fixed in 15.0.

CVSS v3
5.8
EG Score
5.8(medium)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: 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
Severity58% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
32%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 19, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45557

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45557(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(3)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 61× 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.

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  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45557?
CVE-2026-45557 is a medium vulnerability published on May 19, 2026. Technitium DNS Server aggressively tries to fetch missing RRSIG records or mismatched DNSKEY records. An attacker in control of a domain can cause a vulnerable system to generate excessive network traffic. Fixed in 15.0.
When was CVE-2026-45557 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45557 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 19, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45557 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45557 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 68.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45557?
CVE-2026-45557 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45557?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45557, 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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