CVE-2026-118991

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 6 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-113919 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-8xrx-f9pw-qp4w (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

Upgrade to CallBackery 0.62.0 or later (from the CVE record's solution, CPAN Security Group) — apply it.

CallBackery versions before 0.62.0 for Perl encrypt configuration backups with the padded password as the AES key.

getCrypt() pads the backup password with "x" characters and cuts it to 32 bytes to form the AES key, with no salt and no key derivation. The first block of a backup holds a 16 hex digit length field, so decrypting one block confirms a password guess at raw AES speed.

An attacker who obtains a backup can recover its password by fast offline guessing, and with it every credential the backup holds.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

EG Severity
Not assessed: no CVSS publishedA missing CVSS is not a severity of zero.
EG Likelihood
0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
No SSVC decision: EchelonGraph has not assessed this CVECISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the BOD 26-04 block below.

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 30, 2026

Last Modified

October 30, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-118991(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 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-11-01 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  2. 2026-10-31 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  3. 2026-10-30 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-8xrx-f9pw-qp4w
  4. 2026-10-30 15:02 UTCENISA EUVD ID recordedEUVD-2026-113919 · Source: ENISA EUVD
  5. 2026-10-30 13:27 UTCNVD update
  6. 2026-10-30 13:15 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-30 13:15 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-118991?
CVE-2026-118991 is a vulnerability whose severity is not yet rated; its CVE record was published on October 30, 2026. CallBackery versions before 0.62.0 for Perl encrypt configuration backups with the padded password as the AES key. getCrypt() pads the backup password with "x" characters and cuts it to 32 bytes to form the AES key, with no salt and no key derivation. The first block of a backup holds a 16 hex…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-118991 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-118991 was published on October 30, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 30, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-118991 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-118991 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-118991?
The CVE record's solution for CVE-2026-118991, written by its CNA CPAN Security Group, names the fix: "Upgrade to CallBackery 0.62.0 or later." The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-118991 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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