CVE-2026-59946

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 3.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-10.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2026-07-08 19:32Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-09 14:41Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-07-07

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
• CWE-279Incorrect Execution-Assigned PermissionsVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3b78a502a46f7c95bc83590b7d266f8434f768ee41c2fe12721591a3beb7b62f

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