CVE-2026-79403

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-29. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

An upstream fix is merged but not yet released — mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation) until the release ships, then apply it.

An issue in Kilo Code before v7.4.1 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the permission/allow-everything endpoint

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
38
EG Risk 38/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: An upstream fix is merged but not yet in a tagged release. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines until it ships, then apply the release.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

An upstream fix is merged but not yet in a tagged release. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines until it ships, then apply the release.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Sep 30, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr, github_commit.
generic

CVE-2026-79403.txt · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/akinerkisa/e345af9f9992b87247a71fdb5b36ac2c
github_commit

commit 51e45d7fb7 (Kilo-Org/kilocode)

Fix landed in Kilo-Org/kilocode commit 51e45d7fb7 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/commit/51e45d7fb7
github_pr

fix(cli): require auth for allow everything endpoint

Fix merged in Kilo-Org/kilocode PR #11887 on 2026-07-03 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/pull/11887

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79403(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 23× in last 7d / 23× 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. 2026-10-04 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-03 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-03 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 21:53 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-02 09:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-01 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-01 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-10-01 09:35 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-01 09:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-30 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 20:27 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.40
  17. 2026-09-30 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 20:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.4 · severity → HIGH
  19. 2026-09-30 17:46 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-30 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-29 20:22 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-09-29 19:43 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-29 19:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79403?
CVE-2026-79403 is a high vulnerability published on September 29, 2026. An issue in Kilo Code before v7.4.1 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the permission/allow-everything endpoint
When was CVE-2026-79403 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79403 was first published on September 29, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79403 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79403 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79403?
CVE-2026-79403 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79403?
An upstream fix for CVE-2026-79403 has been merged but is not yet in a tagged release. Until it ships, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation, then update to the release that contains the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-79403 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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