CVE-2026-40012

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

ECS zero scoped answers are stored in the packet cache while they should not. This impacts only configurations that have ECS enabled;

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
22.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 25, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40012(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 8× in last 7d / 54× 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. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-16 22:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-15 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-14 23:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-14 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-13 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-12 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-11 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-10 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-09 04:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-08 05:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-07 05:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-06 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-05 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-04 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-03 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-02 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-01 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-30 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-29 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-28 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-27 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-26 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-25 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-06-25 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40012?
CVE-2026-40012 is a medium vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. ECS zero scoped answers are stored in the packet cache while they should not. This impacts only configurations that have ECS enabled;
When was CVE-2026-40012 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40012 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40012 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40012 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 22.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40012?
CVE-2026-40012 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40012?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40012, 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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