CVE-2026-96869

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-29. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

Information disclosure in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
19
EG Risk 19/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
9th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

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

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 140.17 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-99/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 157 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-97/
generic

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4 — Mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-100/
generic

Access Denied

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041248

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-96869(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 21× in last 7d / 21× 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. 2026-10-04 11:43 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 13:29 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-02 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-02 15:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-01 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-30 17:22 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-30 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-29 22:06 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-29 22:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-29 14:49 UTCEG score recompute▲ 4.30
  18. 2026-09-29 14:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 4.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  19. 2026-09-29 13:35 UTCNVD update
  20. 2026-09-29 12:49 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-29 12:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-96869?
CVE-2026-96869 is a medium vulnerability published on September 29, 2026. Information disclosure in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
When was CVE-2026-96869 disclosed?
CVE-2026-96869 was first published on September 29, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-96869 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-96869 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-96869?
CVE-2026-96869 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-96869?
No fix for CVE-2026-96869 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-96869 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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