CVE-2026-79318

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-21. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

web2py 3.2.2-stable (commit a7330a2bf21219fa77860b6665de927dd4f98e6d) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in read_file()/write_file() (applications/admin/controllers/webservices.py).

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
30(Track)
EG Risk 30/100SSVC: 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
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
57%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 21, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - web2py/web2py: Free and open source full-stack enterprise framework for agile development of secure database-driven web-based applications, written and programmable in Python. · GitHub

https://github.com/web2py/web2py
generic

TraceLoom/CVEs/CVE-2026-79318.md at main · lichoin/TraceLoom · GitHub

https://github.com/lichoin/TraceLoom/blob/main/CVEs/CVE-2026-79318.md

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79318(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 17× in last 7d / 17× 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 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-24 15:51 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-24 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-23 18:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-23 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-22 20:12 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-22 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-22 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-22 14:55 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.50
  13. 2026-09-22 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-22 14:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  15. 2026-09-21 20:17 UTCNVD update
  16. 2026-09-21 20:05 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-21 20:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79318?
CVE-2026-79318 is a medium vulnerability published on September 21, 2026. web2py 3.2.2-stable (commit a7330a2bf21219fa77860b6665de927dd4f98e6d) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in readfile()/writefile() (applications/admin/controllers/webservices.py).
When was CVE-2026-79318 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79318 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-2026-79318 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79318 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 43.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79318?
CVE-2026-79318 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79318?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79318, 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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