The Twig sandbox mechanism in Craft CMS is configured to allow dangerous functionality from the Yii framework, leading to authenticated RCE similar to previously disclosed vulnerabilities.
CVE-2026-79988
This high-severity CVE scores 8.7 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 83% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.7
- EG Score
- 8.7(medium)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity87% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 17%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 27, 2026
Last Modified
August 28, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Aug 27, 2026GitHub - craftcms/cms: Build bespoke content experiences with Craft. · GitHub
https://github.com/craftcms/cms5.10.7
Patch available: craftcms/cms 5.10.7
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.10.7Authenticated RCE through Twig sandbox escape | Hackrate
https://www.hckrt.com/hacktivity/HCKRT-8RQQ7KVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79988(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 21× in last 7d / 21× 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.
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-29 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-29 08:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-29 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 05:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 05:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 04:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 04:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 16:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 16:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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