CVE-2026-9659

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 55.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.

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

2026-10-20 20:25Z8 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-28 20:05Z13 HR AGO

Reserved

2026-05-26

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b4bef892d8ce24c5279256f91c757177616c24b6a68f6de9532a605085a091cd

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2425