CVE-2026-55979

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.25.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-06. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

An improper access control check in CatchPulse's named pipe communication interface could allow an attacker to invoke CatchPulse functions. This is limited to operations that enforce more restrictive security policies.

CVSS v3
5.2
EG Score
5.2(high)
EG Risk
23(Track)
EG Risk 23/100SSVC: 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
Severity52% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Vulnerabilities – SecureAge Technology

https://www.secureage.com/security-vulnerabilities#
generic

CatchPulse – Multiple Vulnerabilities including Improper Access Control, Unprivileged SYSTEM-Level Operations and Denial of Service | Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-098/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55979(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 20× in last 7d / 43× 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. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 20:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 20:14 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 20:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-17 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-16 17:52 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-16 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-15 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-15 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-14 17:04 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-14 17:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-13 16:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-12 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-12 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-11 15:34 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-11 15:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-10 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-09 14:46 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-09 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-08 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-08 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-07 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-06 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-06 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-06 12:33 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-06 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-06 10:22 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-06 10:09 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-06 10:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-55979?
CVE-2026-55979 is a medium vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. An improper access control check in CatchPulse's named pipe communication interface could allow an attacker to invoke CatchPulse functions. This is limited to operations that enforce more restrictive security policies.
When was CVE-2026-55979 disclosed?
CVE-2026-55979 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-55979 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-55979 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 96.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-55979?
CVE-2026-55979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-55979?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-55979, 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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