CVE-2026-26018

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

1.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 63.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-15.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2026-03-06 15:35Z6 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-15 01:15Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-02-09

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

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-337Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)Variant
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
• CWE-1241Use of Predictable Algorithm in Random Number GeneratorBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b16b20dedde11bfb604d7139ef8b21c5af2a717bc1a73a72fdf5eb0ce2f4bf25

• github.comhttps://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-h75p-j8xm-m278x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.2x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26018vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2445242https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445242issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-26018.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36873vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25127vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8151vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT