CVE-2026-47079

LOWPre-NVD 2.12.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This low-severity CVE scores 2.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 96% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
2.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 2.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, Cross-site Scripting.

This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.escape_string/1, XmlBuilder.escape_entity/1.

XmlBuilder.generate/1 does not escape literal & characters in text or attribute values when they are followed by an entity-like token (lt;, gt;, amp;, quot;, apos;). As a result, attacker-supplied input such as <script> is emitted verbatim into the serialized XML rather than being escaped to &lt;script&gt;. When a downstream XML parser later reads the document, it decodes the entity sequences into the literal characters , promoting inert-looking text into real markup. This allows an attacker to bypass upstream filters that block raw < and > characters, injecting markup into any downstream consumer that parses the produced XML and renders the text content in a markup-sensitive context (HTML, SVG, RSS/Atom feeds). Both element text and attribute values are affected.

This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.6 before 2.4.1.

CVSS v3
2.1
EG Score
2.1(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: 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
Severity21% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

References (5)

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Hex(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xml_builder0.0.6 ... 2.4.0 (15 versions)2.4.1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× 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.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-18 00:07 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-09-05 14:31 UTCEG score recompute
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  22. 2026-08-30 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
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  25. 2026-08-27 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-24 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-24 12:39 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-21 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-21 12:30 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-21 10:18 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-21 09:59 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-21 09:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-47079?
CVE-2026-47079 is a low vulnerability published on August 21, 2026. Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, Cross-site Scripting. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xmlbuilder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2,…
When was CVE-2026-47079 disclosed?
CVE-2026-47079 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 21, 2026, with the most recent update on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-47079 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-47079 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 96.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-47079?
CVE-2026-47079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-47079?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-47079, 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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