CVE-2026-7406

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

A maliciously crafted BMP file, when parsed through certain Autodesk products, can force a Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 7, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7406(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 30× in last 7d / 66× 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 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-17 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 07:20 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-15 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 07:22 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-15 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-14 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-14 07:23 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-14 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-13 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-13 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-12 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-12 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-11 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-11 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-11 07:22 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-11 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-10 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-10 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-09 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-09 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-09 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-08 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-08 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-08 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-07 19:29 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-07 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-07 18:47 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-07 18:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-07 16:23 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-07 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-07 15:43 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-07 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-07 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-07 10:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-06 22:38 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-06 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-06 22:15 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7406?
CVE-2026-7406 is a high vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. A maliciously crafted BMP file, when parsed through certain Autodesk products, can force a Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
When was CVE-2026-7406 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7406 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7406 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 96.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7406?
CVE-2026-7406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7406?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-7406, 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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