CVE-2026-54891

LOWNVD 3.73.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This low-severity CVE scores 3.7 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 97% 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, nvd
3.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ssl (tls_gen_connection module) allows a network-positioned attacker to inject unauthenticated plaintext that the TLS client application later treats as authenticated server data.

The function tls_gen_connection:handle_protocol_record/3 rejects APPLICATION_DATA records that arrive in pre-handshake states when the TLS endpoint acts as a server, but does not apply the same check when the endpoint acts as a client. A network-positioned attacker can send plaintext APPLICATION_DATA records to the client during the handshake. The records are buffered and, once the handshake completes successfully, delivered to the application as if they were authenticated post-handshake data. The attacker cannot observe the client's response or steer the connection, so the impact is limited to blind injection of unauthenticated bytes. The injection window is wider for TLS versions prior to TLS 1.3 than for TLS 1.3.

This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/ssl/src/tls_gen_connection.erl.

TLS 1.3 is affected starting with OTP 22.0, when TLS 1.3 support was added.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.14, from OTP 28.0 before OTP 28.5.0.3, and from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.3, corresponding to ssl from 5.3.4 before 11.2.12.10, from 11.3 before 11.6.0.3, and from 11.7 before 11.7.3. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to ssl before 5.3.4, is affected is unknown.

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
3.7(medium)
EG Risk
17(Track)
EG Risk 17/100SSVC: 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
Severity37% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
generic

Versions — Erlang System Documentation v29.0.3

https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
generic

OSV - Open Source Vulnerabilities

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-54891
github Patch Available

Plaintext Injection Towards (D)TLS Client During Handshake · Advisory · erlang/otp · GitHub

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-gf6r-99xw-6qg6
github_commit

commit 07d2d0e93f6a (erlang/otp)

Fix landed in erlang/otp commit 07d2d0e93f6a — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/07d2d0e93f6aaf7652a81e8df075fc1728da5e96
generic

Plaintext APPLICATION_DATA injected during TLS handshake delivered to client application post-handshake in ssl | Erlang Ecosystem Foundation CNA

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-54891.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54891(1)

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

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
erlang1:23.2.6+dfsg-1 ... 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-4 (117 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
erlang1:25.2.3+dfsg-1 ... 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-4 (78 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
erlang1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1 ... 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-4 (38 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
erlang1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1 ... 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-4 (34 versions)1:29.0.3+dfsg-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 34× 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. 2026-08-25 23:36 UTCEG score recompute
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  36. 2026-07-07 16:53 UTCEG score recompute▼ 2.60
  37. 2026-07-07 16:12 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 3.7 · severity → LOW
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  45. 2026-07-02 20:05 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54891?
CVE-2026-54891 is a low vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ssl (tlsgenconnection module) allows a network-positioned attacker to inject unauthenticated plaintext that the TLS client application later treats as authenticated server data. The…
When was CVE-2026-54891 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54891 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54891 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54891 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 96.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54891?
CVE-2026-54891 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54891?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-54891, 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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