CVE-2026-68950

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The affected products use hard-coded credentials, which could allow an attacker to run the ftpd service as root, providing remote root file access where FTP is reachable.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
13%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available

Digital Watchdog VMAX DVR and NVR Product Lineups | CISA

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-258-01
generic

Resources

https://digital-watchdog.com/downloads/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68950(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 24× in last 7d / 24× 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 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-19 20:01 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-19 20:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-19 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-18 19:31 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-18 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-18 07:20 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-18 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-17 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 06:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-16 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-16 18:00 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-16 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-16 09:27 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-16 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-15 21:20 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-15 20:38 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-15 20:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68950?
CVE-2026-68950 is a high vulnerability published on September 15, 2026. The affected products use hard-coded credentials, which could allow an attacker to run the ftpd service as root, providing remote root file access where FTP is reachable.
When was CVE-2026-68950 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68950 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 15, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68950 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68950 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 86.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68950?
CVE-2026-68950 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68950?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68950, 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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