CVE-2026-77698

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.75.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions before 11.5.2605.01 are vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to Agent upgrade.

CVSS v3
5.7
EG Score
5.7(high)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: 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
Severity57% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
25%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-77698: Fix Agent Upgrade Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/cve/agent-upgrade-privilege-escalation.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-77698(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 20× in last 7d / 54× 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. 2026-09-24 19:58 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-23 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-23 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-22 22:50 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-22 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-22 00:18 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-22 00:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-21 01:45 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-21 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-20 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-20 03:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-19 04:39 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-19 04:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-18 06:06 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-18 06:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-17 07:33 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-17 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-16 08:59 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-16 08:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-15 09:43 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-15 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-14 11:10 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-14 11:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-13 12:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-13 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-12 14:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-11 15:32 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-11 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-10 16:59 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-10 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-09 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-09 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-08 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-08 04:19 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-08 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-07 11:21 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-07 10:52 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-07 10:20 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-07 09:57 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-07 09:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-77698?
CVE-2026-77698 is a medium vulnerability published on September 7, 2026. Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions before 11.5.2605.01 are vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to Agent upgrade.
When was CVE-2026-77698 disclosed?
CVE-2026-77698 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 7, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-77698 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-77698 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 74.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-77698?
CVE-2026-77698 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-77698?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-77698, 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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