CVE-2026-92778

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

CMAK through 3.0.0.6 fails to apply the scheduled leader election feature toggle to HTML form routes, allowing attackers to bypass the feature gate. Attackers can access the form endpoints to start and stop the recurring election scheduler, disrupting leadership across managed Kafka clusters.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(high)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: 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
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CMAK through 3.0.0.6 Feature Gate Bypass via HTML Form Routes | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cmak-through-3.0.0.6-feature-gate-bypass-via-html-form-routes
generic

CMAK/app/controllers/PreferredReplicaElection.scala at 3.0.0.6 · yahoo/CMAK · GitHub

https://github.com/yahoo/CMAK/blob/3.0.0.6/app/controllers/PreferredReplicaElection.scala#L110-L143
generic

GitHub - yahoo/CMAK: CMAK is a tool for managing Apache Kafka clusters · GitHub

https://github.com/yahoo/CMAK
generic

Scheduled preferred-leader-election HTML endpoints bypass the KMScheduleLeaderElectionFeature access-control toggle enforced on their JSON-API siblings · Issue #936 · yahoo/CMAK · GitHub

https://github.com/yahoo/CMAK/issues/936

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-92778(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. 2026-09-19 17:46 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-17 14:25 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-17 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 13:59 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-17 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-16 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 20:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-92778?
CVE-2026-92778 is a medium vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. CMAK through 3.0.0.6 fails to apply the scheduled leader election feature toggle to HTML form routes, allowing attackers to bypass the feature gate. Attackers can access the form endpoints to start and stop the recurring election scheduler, disrupting leadership across managed Kafka clusters.
When was CVE-2026-92778 disclosed?
CVE-2026-92778 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-92778 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-92778 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 74.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-92778?
CVE-2026-92778 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-92778?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-92778, 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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