What is GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82?

GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Use after free in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) allows an unauthorized...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82 cover?

GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-88159. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82?

GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82HighCVSS 8.8

Use after free in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) allows an unauthorized...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-88159 →

📋 Description

Use after free in Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88159
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-88159
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q448-8rwh-qc82