CVE-2026-48434

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.26.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CVSS v3
6.2
EG Score
6.2(high)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: 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
Severity62% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48434(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 23× in last 7d / 33× 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. 2026-08-21 08:58 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 09:55 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 09:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 10:55 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 11:53 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-17 12:52 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 13:52 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-16 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-15 14:51 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-15 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-14 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-14 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-13 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-12 15:27 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-12 15:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-12 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-12 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-11 17:18 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-11 17:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48434?
CVE-2026-48434 is a medium vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue…
When was CVE-2026-48434 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48434 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48434 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48434 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 93.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48434?
CVE-2026-48434 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48434?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48434, 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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