CVE-2026-118485

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

Not scored by EPSS

EPSS percentile

Not scored by EPSS

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-28 11:26Z22 HR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-28 11:26Z22 HR AGO

Reserved

2026-10-28

Assigning CNA

OCD

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-24Path Traversal: '../filedir'Variant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0ac823b57e7e052657bddd44346096cf5998d1512fc2fe75c5e377d4b650c0be

• github.comhttps://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/477issue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/pull/483/changes/4e76e1a1dd1c4ea11b445e2c45e4ee257c76314epatch
• github.comhttps://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/milestone/22vendor-advisory
• advisories.orangecyberdefense.comhttps://advisories.orangecyberdefense.com/advisories/167third-party-advisory