CVE-2026-61371

HIGHPre-NVD 7.5Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: —CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Microsoft AVML before 0.17.0 could follow a symlink when opening a destination output path on Unix, allowing truncation/overwrite of the symlink target. The destructive effect is performed at open-time via O_TRUNC, and can happen before full input validation completes (“truncation-before-validation”).

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
0.0(none)
EPSS
—
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 15, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 15, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_release.
generic🟡 PoC Available

CVE-2026-61371 - Microsoft AVML symlink following on destination output open (CWE-59) · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/2d099071f847de8db3dc4bbaf4dfa6df
github_release Patch Available

v0.17.0

Patch available: microsoft/avml v0.17.0

https://github.com/microsoft/avml/releases/tag/v0.17.0
github_pr

don't follow symlinks on file creation

Fix merged in microsoft/avml PR #754 on 2026-03-06 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/microsoft/avml/pull/754

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-61371(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 4× in last 7d / 4× 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. 2026-07-15 19:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  2. 2026-07-15 16:23 UTCNVD update
  3. 2026-07-15 15:56 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-15 15:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-61371?
CVE-2026-61371 is a high vulnerability published on July 15, 2026. Microsoft AVML before 0.17.0 could follow a symlink when opening a destination output path on Unix, allowing truncation/overwrite of the symlink target. The destructive effect is performed at open-time via O_TRUNC, and can happen before full input validation completes…
When was CVE-2026-61371 disclosed?
CVE-2026-61371 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-61371?
CVE-2026-61371 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 0.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-61371?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-61371, 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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