CVE-2026-51026

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

Directory Traversal vulnerability in FileThingie v.2.5.7 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: 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%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
54%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Vulnerability-Research/CVE-2026-51026 at main · SpeWnz/Vulnerability-Research · GitHub

https://github.com/SpeWnz/Vulnerability-Research/tree/main/CVE-2026-51026
generic

GitHub - leefish/filethingie: PHP File Manager · GitHub

https://github.com/leefish/filethingie

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-51026(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 13× in last 7d / 16× 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. 2026-07-27 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-27 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-26 10:50 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-26 10:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-23 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-22 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-20 16:56 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-20 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-20 16:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-51026?
CVE-2026-51026 is a medium vulnerability published on July 20, 2026. Directory Traversal vulnerability in FileThingie v.2.5.7 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request.
When was CVE-2026-51026 disclosed?
CVE-2026-51026 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 20, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-51026 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-51026 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 45.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-51026?
CVE-2026-51026 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-51026?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-51026, 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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