CVE-2026-79516

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

0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 2.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-14.

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

2026-09-09 00:00Z1 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-09-14 12:28Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

59f280a8c64a02e38f55db551e74c54793e53fae94a10b91ef2ead57fb28edf9

• github.comhttps://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1963