CVE-2026-71181

LOWPre-NVD 3.03.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
3.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Dell Update Package Framework, versions prior to 26.07.03, contains an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Filesystem access for attacker.

CVSS v3
3.0
EG Score
3.0(high)
EG Risk
14(Track)
EG Risk 14/100SSVC: 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
Severity30% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71181(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 12× in last 7d / 12× 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. 2026-09-19 17:39 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-19 17:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-16 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-16 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-16 17:33 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-16 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-16 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71181?
CVE-2026-71181 is a low vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. Dell Update Package Framework, versions prior to 26.07.03, contains an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Filesystem access for attacker.
When was CVE-2026-71181 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71181 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-71181 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71181 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 97.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71181?
CVE-2026-71181 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71181?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71181, 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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