CVE-2026-79079

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-22. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
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: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
51(Track*)
EG Risk 51/100SSVC: 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%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 21, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_pr.
generic🟡 PoC Available

xiphos-command-injection-cve-2026-79079.md · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a
github_pr Patch Available

Fix shell command safety: replace popen() with g_spawn functions

Patch available: crosswire/xiphos 4.4.0 (PR #1314 merged 2026-05-22)

https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/pull/1314/commits/68bbe3063b601537d1e505dd1a4560d51811a9e0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79079(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 19× in last 7d / 19× 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. 2026-09-25 07:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-24 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-24 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-24 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 20:02 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-23 20:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-23 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-22 20:12 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-22 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-22 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-22 13:51 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  15. 2026-09-22 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-22 13:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  17. 2026-09-21 22:26 UTCNVD update
  18. 2026-09-21 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-21 21:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79079?
CVE-2026-79079 is a high vulnerability published on September 21, 2026. An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components
When was CVE-2026-79079 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79079 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 21, 2026, with the most recent update on September 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79079 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79079 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 92.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79079?
CVE-2026-79079 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79079?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79079, 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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