CVE-2026-71498

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.
• 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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 6.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-24.

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

2026-08-06 21:26Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-07 17:08Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-06

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b83c516b4ca8883f76ccc214456706b1ad45fb7733f019e11d40fa43aea9bfbe

• github.comhttps://github.com/uhop/node-re2/security/advisories/GHSA-j4r3-hg7j-8chgx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/uhop/node-re2/issues/272x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/uhop/node-re2/commit/9d72042a6a0da5bc523908b04808ea0e23867cc4x_refsource_MISC