CVE-2026-57973

MEDIUMNVD 4.76.3▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-14. NVD baseline CVSS 4.7; sources differ by 1.6.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.

CVSS v3
4.7
EG Score
6.3(medium)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: 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
Severity63% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 27, 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-2026-57973

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57973(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 26× in last 7d / 47× 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. 2026-07-28 00:03 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-28 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 22:19 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-27 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-27 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-27 16:21 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-27 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-26 17:49 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-26 17:49 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-26 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-26 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-26 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-26 04:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-23 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-20 18:40 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 4.7
  3. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-19 02:47 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-19 02:47 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-19 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-17 07:26 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-17 07:26 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-17 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-16 20:36 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-16 20:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 19:09 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-15 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-14 17:42 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-14 17:42 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-14 17:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-57973?
CVE-2026-57973 is a medium vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
When was CVE-2026-57973 disclosed?
CVE-2026-57973 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on July 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-57973 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-57973 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 94.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-57973?
CVE-2026-57973 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 6.3.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-57973?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-57973, 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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