CVE-2026-48161

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 65% 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
9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

react18-use is a React 19 use hook shim. Between 2026-05-19 01:07:01 and 2026-05-19 15:20:43, the default branch contained malicious commits 7b79148d1495a2505f9277da295a98cf176f4496 through 7b79148d1495a2505f9277da295a98cf176f4496 that executed remote attacker-controlled code on developer machines during npm install. The commits were removed by force-push, but local clones, forks, and direct-SHA URLs may still contain them, and npm install against an affected checkout will still execute the code today. The package was not published to npm. src/install.js was added and wired into the postinstall script. It fetched a JavaScript payload from an attacker-controlled HTTPS endpoint (configurable via an environment variable), disabled TLS verification, and evaluated the response as code with require available. Execution was deliberately skipped on CI and cloud/serverless environments, targeting developer workstations. The second-stage payload was attacker-hosted and cannot be reconstructed. Assume full compromise of anything reachable from a Node process with the user's permissions. Those who ran npm install against an affected checkout on a developer machine on or after 2026-05-19 01:07:01 should treat the machine as compromised, rotate every credential the machine could reach, audit account activity since 2026-05-19 01:07:01, and clean local clones.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3(medium)
EG Risk
42(Track)
EG Risk 42/100SSVC: 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
Severity93% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 23, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

Malicious code execution via compromised commits · Advisory · dai-shi/react18-use · GitHub

https://github.com/dai-shi/react18-use/security/advisories/GHSA-32xh-vg5f-64fm

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 32× 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. 2026-08-25 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-24 18:07 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-24 10:09 UTCEG score recompute
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  6. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-11 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-11 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-11 15:22 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-10 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-10 22:40 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-10 22:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48161?
CVE-2026-48161 is a critical vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. react18-use is a React 19 use hook shim. Between 2026-05-19 01:07:01 and 2026-05-19 15:20:43, the default branch contained malicious commits 7b79148d1495a2505f9277da295a98cf176f4496 through 7b79148d1495a2505f9277da295a98cf176f4496 that executed remote attacker-controlled code on developer machines…
When was CVE-2026-48161 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48161 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48161 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48161 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 65.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48161?
CVE-2026-48161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48161?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48161, 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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