CVE-2026-16770

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 53.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.

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

2026-08-12 23:12Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-13 13:08Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-07-23

Assigning CNA

CPANSec

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

eada24f02063de31f6cc066802804fd53cd7a94c659d2ec3a50c58b428fcd7bb

• github.comhttps://github.com/kingpong/perl-PDF-WebKit/issues/9issue-tracking
• security.metacpan.orghttps://security.metacpan.org/patches/P/PDF-WebKit/1.2/CVE-2026-16770-r1.patchpatch
• wkhtmltopdf.orghttps://wkhtmltopdf.org/status.html
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/13/2