CVE-2026-68762

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-17. 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.

In JetBrains Ktor before 3.4.1 potential DoS attack via WebSocket decompression was possible

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
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Fixed security issues

https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68762(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 15× in last 7d / 69× 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. 2026-09-19 03:13 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 03:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 01:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 01:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 23:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-16 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-15 15:53 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-15 15:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-14 13:51 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-14 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-13 11:49 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-13 11:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-12 09:47 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-12 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-11 07:45 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-11 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-10 05:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-09 03:40 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-09 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-07 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-07 16:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-06 14:39 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-06 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-05 12:37 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-05 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-04 10:28 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-04 10:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-03 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-03 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-02 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-02 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-01 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-31 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-31 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-29 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-28 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-28 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-28 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-27 11:55 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-27 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-26 09:52 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-26 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-25 07:48 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-25 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-24 05:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-23 03:41 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-23 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-22 01:40 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-22 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-20 23:37 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-20 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-19 21:35 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-19 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-18 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-18 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-17 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-17 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-17 16:22 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68762?
CVE-2026-68762 is a medium vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. In JetBrains Ktor before 3.4.1 potential DoS attack via WebSocket decompression was possible
When was CVE-2026-68762 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68762 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68762 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68762 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 78.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68762?
CVE-2026-68762 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68762?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68762, 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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