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CVE-2026-81026
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.8 under CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 96% 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).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.8
- EG Score
- 4.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 22(Track)EG Risk 22/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity48% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 29, 2026
Last Modified
August 30, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6677b55c-5d51-4849-ac67-849a500aefe2/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-81026(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 9× in last 7d / 9× 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 01:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-30 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 01:08 UTCEG score recompute▲ 4.80
- 2026-08-30 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 01:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 4.8 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-08-29 06:21 UTCNVD update
- 2026-08-29 06:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-29 06:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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