CVE-2026-68981

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

0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 54.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:L/VI:L/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:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-05.

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

2026-08-03 19:59Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-04 19:19Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-01

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

Weaknesses

• CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6c40246242c5775be97cf60ef29fcf7c559a7826c8dcce7f723a298b10da50e1

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/vxrqn7poyf1wx6gdy7c0dxqfqkctjnggvendor-advisory
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/03/13