CVE-2026-48431

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Substance3D - Designer is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
10%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48431(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 24× in last 7d / 104× 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 104 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-21 05:37 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-21 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-20 17:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-20 04:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-09-19 04:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-18 16:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-09-18 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-17 04:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-09-16 15:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-09-16 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-15 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-09-15 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-14 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-14 03:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-13 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  5. 2026-09-13 02:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  11. 2026-09-11 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-09-09 01:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-07 03:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-09-06 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-09-06 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  31. 2026-09-05 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  40. 2026-09-02 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-09-02 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-09-01 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-09-01 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-31 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-31 01:33 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-31 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-08-30 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-30 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-08-29 01:00 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-29 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-28 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  73. 2026-08-26 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48431?
CVE-2026-48431 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Substance3D - Designer is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
When was CVE-2026-48431 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48431 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48431 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48431 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 89.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48431?
CVE-2026-48431 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48431?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48431, 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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