CVE-2026-48291

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-09. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Format Plugins versions 1.1.2 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EPSS
19.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 9, 2026

Last Modified

June 12, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48291(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 28× in last 7d / 134× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 134 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 03:49 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-06 03:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-07-05 01:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-07-03 15:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-07-01 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-30 21:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  6. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-29 07:04 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-29 07:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-06-27 16:32 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-06-27 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-06-23 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-06-22 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-06-21 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  54. 2026-06-20 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-06-20 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-06-20 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  60. 2026-06-19 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-06-19 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48291?
CVE-2026-48291 is a high vulnerability published on June 9, 2026. Format Plugins versions 1.1.2 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
When was CVE-2026-48291 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48291 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 9, 2026, with the most recent update on June 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48291 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48291 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 19.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48291?
CVE-2026-48291 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48291?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48291, 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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