CVE-2026-6684

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.64.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.6
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.6Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

FatFs prior to R0.16 that use GPT scanning with 'FF_LBA64 = 1' contains an issue where an unbounded loop count derived from GPT header field GPTH_PtNum, enabling extremely long or effectively infinite mount-time scans. This maps to CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition). Estimated CVSS v3.1 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (4.6, Medium). The estimated CISA SSVC vectors are Exploitation: PoC, Technical Impact: Partial.

CVSS v3
4.6
EG Score
4.6(high)
EPSS
10.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - runZeroInc/vulns-2026-fatfs-chance · GitHub

https://github.com/runZeroInc/vulns-2026-fatfs-chance
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Seven FatFs bugs, one very large blast radius

https://www.runzero.com/blog/fatfs-bugs/
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

FatFS GPT partition-scan loop DoS (pre-R0.16)

https://www.runzero.com/advisories/fatfs-gpt-scan-loop-dos-cve-2026-6684/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6684(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 18× in last 7d / 18× 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. 2026-07-06 23:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 22:10 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-05 22:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-04 20:40 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-04 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-03 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-03 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-02 17:38 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-02 17:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-01 16:03 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-01 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6684?
CVE-2026-6684 is a medium vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. FatFs prior to R0.16 that use GPT scanning with 'FFLBA64 = 1' contains an issue where an unbounded loop count derived from GPT header field GPTHPtNum, enabling extremely long or effectively infinite mount-time scans. This maps to CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition). Estimated CVSS v3.1…
When was CVE-2026-6684 disclosed?
CVE-2026-6684 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-6684 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6684 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 10.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6684?
CVE-2026-6684 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6684?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-6684, 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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