CVE-2026-18798

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

Not scored by EPSS

EPSS percentile

Not scored by EPSS

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-25.

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

2026-08-25 12:59Z1 HR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-25 14:15Z41 MIN AGO

Reserved

2026-08-04

Assigning CNA

openssl

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b448a822ec9948bee70b359f6d424faee95d32377b9c35bdd86cd2f95aea89d4

• openssl-library.orgOpenSSL Advisoryhttps://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260825.txtvendor-advisory
• github.com4.0.2 git commithttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a14a1deac403522fbeafabcb198503cf6caa7dc4patch
• github.com3.6.4 git commithttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/70cebd74d3592f5272945501b58a60374c4e13afpatch
• github.com3.5.8 git commithttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/967582d5037f01a26b6d19beae19af62a1b15c3cpatch