CVE-2026-5846

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.75.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-31. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:icscert, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The affected Watchfire Controller Software contains self-signed hard-coded RSA private keys and corresponding X.509 certificates used for authenticating and encrypting HTTPS/TLS connections to the controller's built-in web management interface. These keys are embedded in plaintext within the application patch binaries in the firmware directly from Watchfire's Remote Support filestore.

CVSS v3
5.7
EG Score
5.7(high)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: 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
Severity57% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 31, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: cisa.
generic

CSAF/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-211-09.json at develop · cisagov/CSAF · GitHub

https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-211-09.json
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Watchfire Controller Software | CISA

Watchfire Controller Software | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-211-09

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5846(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 / 63× 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 10:14 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 10:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 10:45 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-19 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-18 11:16 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-17 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 12:13 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 12:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-15 12:45 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-15 12:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-14 13:09 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-14 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-13 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-12 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-12 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-11 14:40 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-11 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-10 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-09 15:43 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-09 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-08 16:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-07 16:45 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-07 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-06 17:17 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-06 17:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-05 17:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-04 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-04 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-04 10:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-03 18:50 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-03 18:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-02 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-02 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-01 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-01 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-31 20:24 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-07-31 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-31 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-07-31 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-31 15:35 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-07-31 15:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-07-30 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-07-30 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-07-30 21:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5846?
CVE-2026-5846 is a medium vulnerability published on July 30, 2026. The affected Watchfire Controller Software contains self-signed hard-coded RSA private keys and corresponding X.509 certificates used for authenticating and encrypting HTTPS/TLS connections to the controller's built-in web management interface. These keys are embedded in plaintext within the…
When was CVE-2026-5846 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5846 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 30, 2026, with the most recent update on July 31, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5846 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5846 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 94.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5846?
CVE-2026-5846 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.7 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5846?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5846, 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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