CVE-2026-48442

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in a Arbitrary file system read. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read access to files or directories outside the intended restrictions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
20th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48442(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 17× in last 7d / 87× 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 182 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 20:56 UTCEG score recompute
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  10. 2026-10-02 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  12. 2026-10-01 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-09-30 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-09-29 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-09-28 02:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-09-27 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-25 03:53 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-25 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  4. 2026-09-24 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-23 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-23 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-23 01:25 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-23 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-09-20 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-09-19 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-09-18 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-17 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-09-17 00:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-09-16 05:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-15 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-15 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-09-14 13:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-09-14 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-13 11:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-09-12 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-12 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-09-11 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-11 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-09-10 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-09-10 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-09-09 05:36 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-09-09 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-09-08 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  59. 2026-09-06 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  62. 2026-09-06 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  67. 2026-09-04 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-09-03 16:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-02 23:58 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-02 23:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-09-02 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48442?
CVE-2026-48442 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. CAI Content Credentials is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in a Arbitrary file system read. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read access to files or directories outside…
When was CVE-2026-48442 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48442 was first published on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48442 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48442 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (20th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48442?
CVE-2026-48442 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48442?
No fix for CVE-2026-48442 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-48442 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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