CVE-2026-53505

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 73% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, Thumbor's filters:proportion() filter does not enforce an upper bound on and runs in the post-transform phase. An attacker can trigger extremely large resizes (CPU/memory exhaustion) and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
65(Attend)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend

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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
27%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 31, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 31, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Thumbor proportion filter allows unbounded post-transform resize leading to remote DoS · Advisory · thumbor/thumbor · GitHub

https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/security/advisories/GHSA-phj3-59pf-cp83
github_release Patch Available

Release 7.8.0

Patch available: thumbor/thumbor 7.8.0

https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/releases/tag/7.8.0
github_commit Patch Available

commit 2c716119de98 (thumbor/thumbor)

Patch available: thumbor/thumbor 7.8.0 (contains commit 2c716119de98)

https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/commit/2c716119de986cfc68c7071af52a98187e006023

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53505(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thumbor6.3.2-3 ... 7.7.7-6 (16 versions)7.8.0-1—
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thumbor4.1.3 ... 7.7.7 (118 versions)7.8.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 42× 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 04:03 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53505?
CVE-2026-53505 is a high vulnerability published on July 31, 2026. Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, Thumbor's filters:proportion(<value>) filter does not enforce an upper bound on <value> and runs in the post-transform phase. An attacker can trigger extremely large resizes (CPU/memory exhaustion) and cause denial of…
When was CVE-2026-53505 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53505 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 31, 2026, with the most recent update on August 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53505 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53505 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 73.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53505?
CVE-2026-53505 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53505?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53505, 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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