CVE-2026-57097

MEDIUMNVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 58% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Untrusted search path in Microsoft XML allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8(medium)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: 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
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57097

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57097(2)

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 15× in last 7d / 77× 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 220 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-17 23:18 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-17 23:18 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-17 23:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-14 10:25 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-14 10:25 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-14 10:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-13 07:51 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-13 07:51 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-13 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-12 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-12 01:42 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-12 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-09 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-08 22:49 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-08 22:49 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-08 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-08 01:39 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-08 01:39 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-08 01:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-06 01:38 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-06 01:38 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-06 01:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-04 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-04 23:21 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-04 23:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-02 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-02 19:55 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-02 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-31 16:11 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-31 16:11 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-31 16:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-30 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-30 05:13 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-30 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-28 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-28 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-28 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-27 03:56 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-27 03:56 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-27 03:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-26 01:38 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-26 01:38 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-08-26 01:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-24 21:17 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-24 21:17 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-24 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-24 00:03 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-24 00:03 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-24 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-22 21:46 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-22 21:46 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-22 21:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-21 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-21 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-20 17:11 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-20 17:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-19 17:11 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-19 17:11 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-19 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-19 15:55 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-19 15:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-18 17:46 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-18 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-18 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-08-18 16:06 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-18 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-08-17 18:51 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-17 18:51 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-17 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-16 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-16 22:17 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-16 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-57097?
CVE-2026-57097 is a medium vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Untrusted search path in Microsoft XML allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
When was CVE-2026-57097 disclosed?
CVE-2026-57097 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-57097 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-57097 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 58.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-57097?
CVE-2026-57097 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-57097?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-57097, 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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