CVE-2026-75038

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability in ilya-zlobintsev/LACT allows for local denial-of-service. This issue affects LACT: through 0.10.0.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - ilya-zlobintsev/LACT: Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool · GitHub

https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT
generic

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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276481

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-75038(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 7× in last 7d / 7× 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. 2026-08-25 20:24 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-25 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-25 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-25 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-25 10:22 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-25 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-25 10:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-75038?
CVE-2026-75038 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability in ilya-zlobintsev/LACT allows for local denial-of-service. This issue affects LACT: through 0.10.0.
When was CVE-2026-75038 disclosed?
CVE-2026-75038 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 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-2026-75038?
CVE-2026-75038 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-75038?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-75038, 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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