CVE-2026-21079

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Missing encryption of sensitive data in Smart Switch prior to version 3.7.72.6 allows adjacent attackers to intercept transmitted data.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Samsung Mobile Security

https://security.samsungmobile.com/serviceWeb.smsb?year=2026&month=08

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-21079(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 06:49 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 06:57 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-17 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-16 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-14 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-13 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-12 05:40 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-12 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-11 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-10 05:49 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-10 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-09 05:56 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-09 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-07 17:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-06 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-06 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-05 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-04 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-03 03:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-01 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-31 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-30 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-29 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-27 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-26 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-25 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-25 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-24 17:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-24 17:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-23 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-23 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-22 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-21 17:14 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-21 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-20 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-20 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-19 17:26 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.50
  24. 2026-08-19 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-19 17:16 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  26. 2026-08-19 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-19 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-18 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-18 08:38 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-18 08:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-17 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-17 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-16 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-16 08:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-15 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-15 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-14 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-14 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-13 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-13 07:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-12 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-12 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-11 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-11 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-11 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-10 18:25 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-10 18:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-10 17:35 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-10 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-10 09:20 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-10 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-10 08:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-21079?
CVE-2026-21079 is a medium vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. Missing encryption of sensitive data in Smart Switch prior to version 3.7.72.6 allows adjacent attackers to intercept transmitted data.
When was CVE-2026-21079 disclosed?
CVE-2026-21079 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-21079 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-21079 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 100.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-21079?
CVE-2026-21079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-21079?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-21079, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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