CVE-2026-78166

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

A security flaw has been discovered in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. The affected element is the function executeSmartFilterTest of the file kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/controller/MessagesController.java of the component Groovy Code Handler. The manipulation results in code injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS v3
6.3
EG Score
6.3(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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
Severity63% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 24, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - provectus/kafka-ui: Open-Source Web UI for Apache Kafka Management · GitHub

https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/
generic

Groovy guard bypass RCE in executeSmartFilterTest (v0.7.2) · Issue #4567 · provectus/kafka-ui · GitHub

https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/issues/4567

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78166(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 27× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 19:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 19:12 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-26 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-26 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-26 19:22 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  12. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-26 18:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 5.3
  15. 2026-08-26 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-26 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-25 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-25 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-24 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-24 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-24 02:21 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-24 02:18 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
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  1. 2026-08-24 01:27 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-24 01:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78166?
CVE-2026-78166 is a medium vulnerability published on August 24, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. The affected element is the function executeSmartFilterTest of the file kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/controller/MessagesController.java of the component Groovy Code Handler. The manipulation results in code…
When was CVE-2026-78166 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78166 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78166 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78166 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 77.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78166?
CVE-2026-78166 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78166?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78166, 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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