CVE-2026-68487

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Path traversal in Plesk's Backup Manager causes arbitrary file write as root by an authenticated customer.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(high)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: 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
Severity99% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 10, 2026

Last Modified

September 10, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68487(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 53× in last 7d / 71× 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. 2026-09-19 06:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 23:00 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-18 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-18 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 15:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-18 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-18 07:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-17 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-17 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-17 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-17 10:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-17 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-17 02:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-16 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-16 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-16 14:56 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-16 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-16 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-16 07:15 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-16 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-16 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-15 23:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-15 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-15 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-15 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-15 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 04:17 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-15 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-14 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-14 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-14 12:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-14 09:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-14 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-14 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-13 21:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-13 17:39 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-13 17:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-13 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-13 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 02:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-12 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-12 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-12 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-12 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-12 10:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-12 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-12 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-11 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-11 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-11 15:31 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-11 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-11 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-11 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-11 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-10 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-10 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-10 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-10 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-10 18:25 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-10 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-09-10 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-09-10 16:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68487?
CVE-2026-68487 is a critical vulnerability published on September 10, 2026. Path traversal in Plesk's Backup Manager causes arbitrary file write as root by an authenticated customer.
When was CVE-2026-68487 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68487 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68487 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68487 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 65.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68487?
CVE-2026-68487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68487?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68487, 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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