CVE-2026-59846

LOWPre-NVD 3.93.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-21. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
3.9
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 3.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious username expanded through %r in ProxyCommand handling can inject shell metacharacters, exposing environment variables and causing unintended shell behavior.

CVSS v3
3.9
EG Score
3.9(high)
EG Risk
18(Track)
EG Risk 18/100SSVC: 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
Severity39% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
1.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

References (3)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59846(2)

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 10× in last 7d / 10× 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. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 23:09 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-22 23:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-21 14:51 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-21 13:13 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-21 13:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59846?
CVE-2026-59846 is a low vulnerability published on July 21, 2026. A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious username expanded through %r in ProxyCommand handling can inject shell metacharacters, exposing environment variables and causing unintended shell behavior.
When was CVE-2026-59846 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59846 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 21, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59846 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59846 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59846?
CVE-2026-59846 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59846?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59846, 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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