CVE-2026-86673

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

A vulnerability was determined in ningzichun Student Management System up to 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf. Affected by this issue is the function mysqli_connect of the file config/database.php of the component Database Connection. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This product uses a rolling release model to deliver continuous updates. As a result, specific version information for affected or updated releases is not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(high)
EG Risk
64(Attend)
EG Risk 64/100SSVC: Attend

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
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Hard-coded database credentials expose the bundled Adminer interface · Issue #15 · ningzichun/student-management-system · GitHub

https://github.com/ningzichun/student-management-system/issues/15

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-86673(1)

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

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 44× 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. 2026-09-19 08:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-17 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-17 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-16 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-16 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-16 06:36 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-16 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-15 06:42 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-15 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-14 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 06:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-13 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-12 19:02 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-12 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-12 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-11 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-11 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-10 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-10 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-10 07:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-09 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-09 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-08 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-08 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-08 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-08 18:30 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 5.5
  18. 2026-09-08 18:05 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-08 18:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-86673?
CVE-2026-86673 is a high vulnerability published on September 8, 2026. A vulnerability was determined in ningzichun Student Management System up to 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf. Affected by this issue is the function mysqli_connect of the file config/database.php of the component Database Connection. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. The…
When was CVE-2026-86673 disclosed?
CVE-2026-86673 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-86673 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-86673 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 79.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-86673?
CVE-2026-86673 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-86673?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-86673, 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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