CVE-2026-68749

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

0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 37.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-19.

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

2026-08-06 14:50Z29 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-19 11:48Z16 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-07-31

Assigning CNA

EEF

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f85475b71fc4494aa99a7401da8d5cc5591b1bd6ba5ae21900e3ceeb82c44f3f

• github.comhttps://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/security/advisories/GHSA-4cx2-987x-rr2xvendor-advisoryrelated
• cna.erlef.orghttps://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-68749.htmlrelated
• osv.devhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-68749related
• github.comhttps://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/4f4bd9eb254881462c0461fbab74b29188c2c133patch
• github.comhttps://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/b673df33ddf982c8bd0a8bd6348aa247080b3b14patch