CVE-2026-56218

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Elevated
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

Capgo before 12.128.2 fails to strip EXIF metadata including GPS geolocation data from uploaded images, allowing information disclosure. Attackers can download uploaded images and extract precise latitude and longitude coordinates revealing user physical location at capture time.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
55(Attend)
EG Risk 55/100SSVC: 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
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
27%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 20, 2026

Last Modified

June 23, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 20, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Capgo - EXIF Metadata Exposure via Image Upload | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/capgo-exif-metadata-exposure-via-image-upload
github Patch Available

🛡️ Vulnerability Report: EXIF Metadata Exposure — Geolocation Not Stripped From Uploaded Images · Advisory · Cap-go/capgo · GitHub

https://github.com/Cap-go/capgo/security/advisories/GHSA-c5w9-886p-9j2x

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56218(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 5× in last 7d / 48× 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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  1. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56218?
CVE-2026-56218 is a medium vulnerability published on June 20, 2026. Capgo before 12.128.2 fails to strip EXIF metadata including GPS geolocation data from uploaded images, allowing information disclosure. Attackers can download uploaded images and extract precise latitude and longitude coordinates revealing user physical location at capture time.
When was CVE-2026-56218 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56218 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 20, 2026, with the most recent update on June 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56218 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56218 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 72.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56218?
CVE-2026-56218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56218?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56218, 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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