CVE-2026-76881

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.74.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
4.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.7Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

CMS protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service

CVSS v3
4.7
EG Score
4.7(high)
EG Risk
21(Track)
EG Risk 21/100SSVC: 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
Severity47% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CMS MessageDigest verification dereferences missing algorithm (#21446) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / Wireshark · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21446
generic

Wireshark • Go Deep | Wireshark • wnpa-sec-2026-76 CMS protocol dissector crash

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-76.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76881(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 8× in last 7d / 8× 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 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 15:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 15:12 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 23:20 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 22:43 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 22:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76881?
CVE-2026-76881 is a medium vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. CMS protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
When was CVE-2026-76881 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76881 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 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-2026-76881 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76881 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 98.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76881?
CVE-2026-76881 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76881?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-76881, 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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