CVE-2026-16326

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 44.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-24.

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

2026-07-29 18:40Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-29 19:10Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-07-20

Assigning CNA

HashiCorp

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-488Exposure of Data Element to Wrong SessionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

eab35ebb3a5b6baf57b29e3b7a32e3e5a4ab0a318aa43cc5272139a3f056ce26

• discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-24-multiple-vulnerabilities-impacting-hashicorp-consul-mcp-server/77612