CVE-2026-5224

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.75.7
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Kriptok Crypto and Information Technologies Industry Trade Inc. Cryptosim allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.

This issue affects Cryptosim: before 3.1.0.229.

CVSS v3
5.7
EG Score
5.7(medium)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: 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
Severity57% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5224(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 20× in last 7d / 80× 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. 2026-09-20 01:28 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-20 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 01:45 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-18 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-09-17 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-09-16 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-14 02:46 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-14 02:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-13 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-12 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-12 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-09-11 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-10 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-09 04:14 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-09 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-08 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-08 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-07 04:39 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-07 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-06 03:46 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-06 03:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-09-05 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-04 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-03 04:27 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-03 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-09-02 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-01 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-31 04:14 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-31 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-30 04:28 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-30 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-08-29 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-27 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-27 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-26 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-26 17:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-26 12:31 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-26 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-25 12:48 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-25 12:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-24 13:05 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-24 13:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-23 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-23 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-22 13:41 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-22 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-21 13:59 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-21 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-20 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-20 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-19 14:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-18 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-18 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-18 12:31 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-18 11:49 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-18 11:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5224?
CVE-2026-5224 is a medium vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. Cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Kriptok Crypto and Information Technologies Industry Trade Inc. Cryptosim allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Cryptosim: before 3.1.0.229.
When was CVE-2026-5224 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5224 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 18, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5224 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5224 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 95.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5224?
CVE-2026-5224 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5224?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5224, 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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