CVE-2026-52868

HIGHPre-NVD 8.28.2
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.2
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

An unauthenticated attacker can read worklist records from a directory outside the intended per-AE worklist storage area. In a multi-area deployment, this can cross departmental or clinic data separation.

CVSS v3
8.2
EG Score
8.2(high)
EPSS
29.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 30, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_release, cisa.
cisa Patch Available

OFFIS DCMTK Toolkit | CISA

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-26-181-01
github_release Patch Available

DCMTK-3.7.0

Patch available: DCMTK/dcmtk DCMTK-3.7.0

https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/releases/tag/latest

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-52868(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 31× in last 7d / 31× 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. 2026-07-06 22:02 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 22:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 09:00 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 19:54 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 06:52 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 06:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-04 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-04 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-03 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-03 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-03 02:40 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-03 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-02 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-02 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-02 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-02 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-01 11:34 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-01 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-30 22:33 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-06-30 22:33 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-52868?
CVE-2026-52868 is a high vulnerability published on June 30, 2026. An unauthenticated attacker can read worklist records from a directory outside the intended per-AE worklist storage area. In a multi-area deployment, this can cross departmental or clinic data separation.
When was CVE-2026-52868 disclosed?
CVE-2026-52868 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 30, 2026, with the most recent update on July 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-52868 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-52868 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 29.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-52868?
CVE-2026-52868 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-52868?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-52868, 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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