CVE-2026-8656

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

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 9.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

2.0 (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:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/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

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2026-05-16 05:00Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-18 13:00Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-15

Assigning CNA

snyk

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

67ef77f0716e2b7904380927837162e956fa03f168a39822ea0dd1f55939fd1b

• security.snyk.iohttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONDIFFPATCH-16635946
• gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/yuki-matsuhashi/72ed072d919f3c52adba298faa6a7da5
• github.comhttps://github.com/benjamine/jsondiffpatch/commit/232338b34c4653148ca2f44e897a765b72c8c98f