CVE-2026-6181

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The Device Configuration Framework is vulnerable to an authentication bypass flaw. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with a viewer-privileged service account.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 3, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://www.axis.com/dam/public/9d/8a/ea/cve-2026-6181pdf-en-US-543646.pdf

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6181(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 16× in last 7d / 76× 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 112 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 05:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 05:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 07:26 UTCEG score recompute
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  20. 2026-09-11 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-09-11 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-09 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
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  3. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-09-06 10:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-08-25 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-08-23 09:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  48. 2026-08-22 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-08-21 14:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-20 16:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-19 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-19 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  58. 2026-08-18 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  62. 2026-08-17 23:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  65. 2026-08-17 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-08-16 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-08-15 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  75. 2026-08-14 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6181?
CVE-2026-6181 is a medium vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. The Device Configuration Framework is vulnerable to an authentication bypass flaw. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with a viewer-privileged service account.
When was CVE-2026-6181 disclosed?
CVE-2026-6181 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on September 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-6181 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6181 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 77.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6181?
CVE-2026-6181 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6181?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-6181, 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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