CVE-2026-91796

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The interface of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader lacks the permission verification for secure reading mode, which allows specially crafted PDFs to trigger external SMB authentication without any security prompts and thereby leak the hash of the user's credentials.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 23, 2026

Last Modified

September 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 23, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletins | Foxit

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-91796(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 13× in last 7d / 13× 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. 2026-09-24 20:02 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 20:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-23 18:01 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-23 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-23 15:19 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-23 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-23 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-23 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-23 08:23 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-23 07:57 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-23 07:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-91796?
CVE-2026-91796 is a medium vulnerability published on September 23, 2026. The interface of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader lacks the permission verification for secure reading mode, which allows specially crafted PDFs to trigger external SMB authentication without any security prompts and thereby leak the hash of the user's credentials.
When was CVE-2026-91796 disclosed?
CVE-2026-91796 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-91796 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-91796 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 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-91796?
CVE-2026-91796 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-91796?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-91796, 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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