CVE-2026-61936

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-11. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:microsoft, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Missing authorization in Windows Defender Firewall Service allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: 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
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-61936

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-61936(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 64× in last 7d / 100× 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 22:04 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-20 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 16:44 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-20 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 15:05 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-08-20 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 14:14 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-20 14:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 21:17 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-19 21:17 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-19 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-19 16:52 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-19 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-19 15:19 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-19 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-19 14:32 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-19 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-18 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-18 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 22:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-18 17:31 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-18 17:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-18 14:52 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-18 14:52 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-18 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-17 17:56 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-17 17:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 16:26 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-17 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-16 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-16 19:24 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-16 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 18:47 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-16 18:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 17:17 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-16 17:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 16:39 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-16 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-15 23:39 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-15 23:39 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-15 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-14 22:03 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-14 22:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-14 21:19 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-14 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-14 20:28 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-14 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-14 18:55 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-14 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-14 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-14 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-14 16:48 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-14 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-14 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-14 16:29 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-14 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-13 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-13 17:02 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-13 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-13 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-13 16:04 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-13 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-12 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-12 18:16 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-12 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-12 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-12 16:35 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-12 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-12 15:24 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-08-12 15:24 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-12 15:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-12 00:21 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-12 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-11 23:42 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-11 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-11 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-11 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-11 21:46 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-11 21:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-11 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-11 19:36 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-11 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-11 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-11 18:57 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-11 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-11 17:42 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-08-11 17:42 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-11 17:17 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-08-11 17:17 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-11 17:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-61936?
CVE-2026-61936 is a medium vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. Missing authorization in Windows Defender Firewall Service allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
When was CVE-2026-61936 disclosed?
CVE-2026-61936 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-61936 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-61936 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 79.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-61936?
CVE-2026-61936 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.5 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-61936?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-61936, 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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