CVE-2026-57240

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

When the application opens a PDF file and JavaScript deletes the PDF fields, the subsequent logic still uses the old field pointers, resulting in invalid pointer references and causing the application to crash.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EPSS
2.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletins | Foxit

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57240(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 42× 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.

  1. 2026-07-16 01:39 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-16 01:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-15 14:04 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-15 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-15 02:28 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-15 02:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-14 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-14 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-14 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-14 03:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-13 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-13 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-13 04:09 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-13 04:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-12 16:34 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-12 16:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-12 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-12 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-11 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-11 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-11 05:51 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-11 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-10 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-10 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-10 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-10 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-09 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-09 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-09 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-09 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-08 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-08 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-08 08:17 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-08 08:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-57240?
CVE-2026-57240 is a high vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. When the application opens a PDF file and JavaScript deletes the PDF fields, the subsequent logic still uses the old field pointers, resulting in invalid pointer references and causing the application to crash.
When was CVE-2026-57240 disclosed?
CVE-2026-57240 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-57240 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-57240 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-57240?
CVE-2026-57240 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-57240?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-57240, 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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