CVE-2026-40514

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-04-27. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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
5.9
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 27, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 9, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

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
generic

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 10× in last 7d / 37× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 110 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-23 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
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  18. 2026-07-14 20:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.9 · severity → MEDIUM
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  29. 2026-06-14 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-06-12 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-06-11 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-06-10 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-06-09 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-08 23:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.1 · severity → CRITICAL
  42. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-06-07 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-06-06 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-06-03 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40514?
CVE-2026-40514 is a medium vulnerability 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 CVE-2026-40514 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40514 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 27, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40514 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40514 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 94.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40514?
CVE-2026-40514 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.9 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40514?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40514, 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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