CVE-2026-55086

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.24.2—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 4.2 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1% (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). 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
4.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 4.2Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.1.0, src/node/handler/ImportHandler.ts and src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts derive temporary filenames from Math.random() and place them in os.tmpdir(). On a host with a shared world-writable temporary directory, a local unprivileged attacker who predicts a filename can precreate a symbolic link to a file writable by the Etherpad process. Subsequent import or export operations can follow the link through fs.writeFile, fs.rename, or document-conversion output and overwrite the target with partially attacker-controlled content. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.0.

CVSS v3
4.2
EG Score
4.2MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity42% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
2nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_commit, github_release, github.
github_release Patch Available

v3.1.0

Patch available: ether/etherpad v3.1.0

https://github.com/ether/etherpad/releases/tag/v3.1.0
github_commit Patch Available

commit 8c6104c5d5da (ether/etherpad)

Patch available: ether/etherpad v3.1.0 (contains commit 8c6104c5d5da)

https://github.com/ether/etherpad/commit/8c6104c5d5daf41f0d454acc04d42dffa0e0d996
github_pr Patch Available

harden: assorted server-side tightening for 3.0.2

Patch available: ether/etherpad v3.1.0 (PR #7784 merged 2026-05-17)

https://github.com/ether/etherpad/pull/7784
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Import/export use Math.random() for temp file paths; predictable paths on shared /tmp enable symlink-based file overwrite · Advisory · ether/etherpad · GitHub

https://github.com/ether/etherpad/security/advisories/GHSA-2jwf-f4xq-f24h

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55086(1)

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

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ep_etherpad-lite—
  • every version up to 3.1.0: fixed in 3.1.0
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Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 44× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-55086?
CVE-2026-55086 is a medium vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.1.0, src/node/handler/ImportHandler.ts and src/node/handler/ExportHandler.ts derive temporary filenames from Math.random() and place them in os.tmpdir(). On a host with a shared world-writable temporary directory, a local unprivileged…
When was CVE-2026-55086 disclosed?
CVE-2026-55086 was first published on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-55086 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-55086 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-55086?
CVE-2026-55086 has a CVSS base score of 4.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-55086?
A fix for CVE-2026-55086 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-55086 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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