CVE-2026-55490

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.7%, top 52% 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
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

OpenWrt is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Before v25.12.5, an integer underflow in handle_send_a() of the Emergency Access Daemon allows any unauthenticated attacker on the local network to crash the daemon by sending a single crafted UDP packet. The message length underflows before a bounds check and is then passed to memcpy as a very large size. This issue is fixed v25.12.5.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
48.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 7, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

EAD Integer Underflow → Pre-Auth Denial of Service · Advisory · openwrt/openwrt · GitHub

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/security/advisories/GHSA-9558-77jp-g3fw
github_release Patch Available

v25.12.5

Patch available: openwrt/openwrt v25.12.5

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/releases/tag/v25.12.5
github_commit

commit 63c0767f3d02 (openwrt/openwrt)

Fix landed in openwrt/openwrt commit 63c0767f3d02 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/63c0767f3d02f7b10b0f0b5293366bd059a08ca5

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× 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. 2026-07-12 06:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-11 04:10 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-10 01:58 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-08 23:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-07 21:37 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-07 21:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-55490?
CVE-2026-55490 is a medium vulnerability published on July 7, 2026. OpenWrt is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Before v25.12.5, an integer underflow in handlesenda() of the Emergency Access Daemon allows any unauthenticated attacker on the local network to crash the daemon by sending a single crafted UDP packet. The message length underflows…
When was CVE-2026-55490 disclosed?
CVE-2026-55490 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 7, 2026, with the most recent update on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-55490 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-55490 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 48.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-55490?
CVE-2026-55490 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-55490?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-55490, 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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