CVE-2026-78136

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

chirpmyradio CHIRP before 39178db allows eval injection via crafted CSV data. This occurs in _clean_tmode in drivers/kenwood_itm.py.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 23, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 23, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
github_commit

commit 39178dbfc4fe (kk7ds/chirp)

Fix landed in kk7ds/chirp commit 39178dbfc4fe — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp/commit/39178dbfc4fece083ab9ed20286d6ae3a91a718e
generic

GitHub - cduram/CHIRP-CodeExecution_via_Malicious_ImageFile: Arbitrary Code Execution via eval() in Kenwood ITM Driver · GitHub

https://github.com/cduram/CHIRP-CodeExecution_via_Malicious_ImageFile

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78136(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 25× in last 7d / 106× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78136?
CVE-2026-78136 is a high vulnerability published on August 23, 2026. chirpmyradio CHIRP before 39178db allows eval injection via crafted CSV data. This occurs in cleantmode in drivers/kenwood_itm.py.
When was CVE-2026-78136 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78136 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 23, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78136 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78136 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 91.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78136?
CVE-2026-78136 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78136?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78136, 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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