CVE-2026-5224

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.75.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Kriptok Crypto and Information Technologies Industry Trade Inc. Cryptosim allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.

This issue affects Cryptosim: before 3.1.0.229.

CVSS v3
5.7
EG Score
5.7(high)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: 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
Severity57% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

T.C. Siber Güvenlik Başkanlığı

https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-26-0852

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5224(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 12× in last 7d / 12× 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. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 14:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 12:31 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 11:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-18 11:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5224?
CVE-2026-5224 is a medium vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. Cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Kriptok Crypto and Information Technologies Industry Trade Inc. Cryptosim allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Cryptosim: before 3.1.0.229.
When was CVE-2026-5224 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5224 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5224 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5224 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 95.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5224?
CVE-2026-5224 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5224?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5224, 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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