CVE-2026-49188

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-04. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The ai_cmd utility executes with full root permissions. It pipes socket inputs directly to popen(), paving the way for unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary root commands.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 4, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Advisory: Upcoming Firmware Update for Acer Connect M6E 5G Portable WiFi Router - Acer Community

https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19707

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-49188(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 22× in last 7d / 141× 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 355 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-25 03:35 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-25 03:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-23 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  6. 2026-08-23 12:44 UTCEG score recompute
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  10. 2026-08-22 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  12. 2026-08-21 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-08-20 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-20 09:59 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-20 09:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-08-17 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-17 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  5. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 10:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  36. 2026-08-11 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
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  39. 2026-08-11 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-11 02:47 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-11 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-10 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  50. 2026-08-09 17:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-49188?
CVE-2026-49188 is a critical vulnerability published on June 4, 2026. The ai_cmd utility executes with full root permissions. It pipes socket inputs directly to popen(), paving the way for unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary root commands.
When was CVE-2026-49188 disclosed?
CVE-2026-49188 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 4, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-49188 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-49188 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 76.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-49188?
CVE-2026-49188 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-49188?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-49188, 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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