CVE-2026-42788

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• 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

0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 43.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.9 (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:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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 2026-10-26.

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

2026-05-01 20:34Z6 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-27 15:40Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-04-29

Assigning CNA

EEF

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cb7e9c9b255cfc2c0f185062ad0a2ed63b65ab8c0de77522492e911ce13fcc55

• github.comhttps://github.com/mtrudel/bandit/security/advisories/GHSA-q6v9-r226-v65fvendor-advisoryrelated
• cna.erlef.orghttps://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-42788.htmlrelated
• osv.devhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-42788related
• github.comhttps://github.com/mtrudel/bandit/commit/1e8e55966da9129016b73d32f0e1df4630e3b463patch