CVE-2026-40514

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory CVSS 5.9 is lower than this score; a lower GitHub score revises it only when its advisory is newer than the CVE record's last change, and this advisory (published 2026-04-27) is not newer than that change (2026-10-26), so it does not.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3

Also known asEUVD-2026-25856 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationNo release containing the referenced fix is confirmed: check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but no release containing it is confirmed — find the release that contains it; until it is applied, mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation).

SmarterTools SmarterMail builds prior to 9610 contain a cryptographic weakness in the file and email sharing endpoints that use DES-CBC encryption with keys and initialization vectors derived from System.Random seeded with insufficient entropy, reducing the seed space to approximately 19,000 possible values. An unauthenticated attacker can use the attachment download endpoint as an oracle to determine the seed in use and derive encryption keys and initialization vectors to forge sharing tokens for arbitrary emails, attachments, or file storage contents without prior access to the targeted content.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
41
EG Risk 41/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity91% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.1 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-13). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 27, 2026

Last Modified

October 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 9, 2026
Fix referenced — no release confirmed yet.
Web page

SmarterTools SmarterMail < Build 9610 Cryptographic Weakness via Weak RNG | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartertools-smartermail-build-9610-cryptographic-weakness-via-weak-rng
Web page

SmarterMail Additions, Changes and Fixes

https://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/release-notes/current

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 51× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 272 rows on record for this CVE, as 99 entries (1 repeat merged).

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 172 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 17:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-13 17:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  6. 2026-11-12 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  9. 2026-11-11 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  12. 2026-11-10 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  15. 2026-11-09 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  18. 2026-11-08 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  21. 2026-11-07 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  24. 2026-11-06 04:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  5. 2026-11-04 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  8. 2026-11-02 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  11. 2026-11-01 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  14. 2026-10-31 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  17. 2026-10-30 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  20. 2026-10-29 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  24. 2026-10-28 14:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  26. 2026-10-27 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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  29. 2026-10-26 21:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
  30. 2026-10-26 21:27 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.1 · severity → CRITICAL
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  37. 2026-10-23 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j74m-34v4-rgqp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40514?
CVE-2026-40514 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 27, 2026. SmarterTools SmarterMail builds prior to 9610 contain a cryptographic weakness in the file and email sharing endpoints that use DES-CBC encryption with keys and initialization vectors derived from System.Random seeded with insufficient entropy, reducing the seed space to approximately 19,000…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-40514 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-40514 was published on April 27, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 26, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-40514 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40514 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40514?
CVE-2026-40514 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40514?
A fix for CVE-2026-40514 is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but EchelonGraph has no release containing it on record. Check that reference and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains the fix and update to it; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.

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