CVE-2026-80696

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
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: None knownExposed: 0

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage

Coverity reports an out-of-bounds access when reading the minimum alarm voltage for the VGPIO channel. Add the missing return statement to fix the problem.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 29, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00feb1cce93dab948a299b69753d99c681d45a0b
generic

hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0668ac20feaa3fff9e0c0548556368dbbd2d439
generic

hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08aee6d45eefc9e0b94c21bd442f47b21d64fa2c
generic

hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338d655fe09b95a88788c6ac8b1651ca8db9ae51

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-80696(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× 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 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-29 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-29 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-29 06:35 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  7. 2026-08-29 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-29 06:33 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  9. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-28 08:20 UTCNVD update
  11. 2026-08-28 07:34 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-28 07:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-80696?
CVE-2026-80696 is a high vulnerability published on August 28, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage Coverity reports an out-of-bounds access when reading the minimum alarm voltage for the VGPIO channel. Add the missing return statement to fix the problem.
When was CVE-2026-80696 disclosed?
CVE-2026-80696 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2026, with the most recent update on August 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-80696 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-80696 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 97.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-80696?
CVE-2026-80696 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-80696?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-80696, 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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