CVE-2026-53486

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-06. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-44465 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-mp2f-45pm-3cg9 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.7%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The decompress package for Node.js extracts archives. Prior to 10.2.1 and 11.1.3, archive extraction can create files and links outside the target directory. When extracting an archive to a directory, a crafted archive can read or write files outside that directory because hardlink and symlink entries are created without checking where targets point, path containment used a string prefix comparison, and file modes failed to remove setuid, setgid, or sticky bits. This issue is fixed in @xhmikosr/decompress versions 10.2.1 and 11.1.3.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
56
EG Risk 56/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity91% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.8% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.7%
EPSS %ILE
54th
KEV
Not listed

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

The EG score (9.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.1 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.7% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). 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
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). 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

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

October 24, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Archive extraction can create files and links outside the target directory · Advisory · XhmikosR/decompress · GitHub

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/security/advisories/GHSA-mp2f-45pm-3cg9
GitHub release Patch Available

v11.1.3

Patch available: XhmikosR/decompress v11.1.3

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/releases/tag/v11.1.3
GitHub release Patch Available

v10.2.1

Patch available: XhmikosR/decompress v10.2.1

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/releases/tag/v10.2.1
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit aca5aac415dc (XhmikosR/decompress)

Patch available: XhmikosR/decompress v11.1.3 (contains commit aca5aac415dc)

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/commit/aca5aac415dc04a6fae5200e51368cff436a09dd
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 9fcda4b0a66c (XhmikosR/decompress)

Patch available: XhmikosR/decompress v10.2.1 (contains commit 9fcda4b0a66c)

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/commit/9fcda4b0a66ca22dc8d337f9b0e7c30293c5fb89
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 60b5299402e7 (XhmikosR/decompress)

Patch available: XhmikosR/decompress v11.1.3 (contains commit 60b5299402e7)

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/commit/60b5299402e72b0b53ca2e55222e9a1ccb44afae
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 281cefa00cd4 (XhmikosR/decompress)

Patch available: XhmikosR/decompress v11.1.3 (contains commit 281cefa00cd4)

https://github.com/XhmikosR/decompress/commit/281cefa00cd4275c10479bc5f1abba6b14dee8bd

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53486(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatdotnet8-0-main-8.0.128-1.2.hum12026-07-15redhat
npmdecompress—ghsa
npm@xhmikosr/decompress @ 10.2.1 (fixes < 10.2.1)—ghsa
npm@xhmikosr/decompress @ 11.1.3 (fixes >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.3)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
decompress—
  • every version through 4.2.1: no fix on record
—
@xhmikosr/decompress—
  • every version up to 10.2.1: fixed in 10.2.1
  • 11.0.0 up to 11.1.3: fixed in 11.1.3
—

Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 80× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 392 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 292 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-02 02:00 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-02 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mp2f-45pm-3cg9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  4. 2026-11-01 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  5. 2026-11-01 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mp2f-45pm-3cg9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  6. 2026-11-01 07:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-11-01 01:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-11-01 01:57 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  10. 2026-10-31 01:55 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-31 01:55 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-30 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  13. 2026-10-30 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-30 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-29 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  16. 2026-10-29 01:52 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-29 01:52 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-28 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  19. 2026-10-28 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-28 01:49 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  22. 2026-10-27 01:43 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-27 01:43 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-26 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  25. 2026-10-25 21:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-25 21:43 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  3. 2026-10-25 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-24 21:26 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-24 16:34 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-24 16:34 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  8. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  9. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-22 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  12. 2026-10-22 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-22 16:25 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  15. 2026-10-21 15:24 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-21 15:24 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  18. 2026-10-20 15:21 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-20 15:21 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-19 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  21. 2026-10-19 15:17 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-19 15:17 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  24. 2026-10-18 15:14 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-18 03:31 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-17 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  27. 2026-10-17 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-17 15:13 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-16 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 54th percentile
  30. 2026-10-16 15:09 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-16 15:09 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  33. 2026-10-15 15:04 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-15 15:04 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  36. 2026-10-14 09:32 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-14 09:32 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  39. 2026-10-13 07:06 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-10-13 07:06 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  42. 2026-10-12 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-10-12 07:02 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-11 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-10-11 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-10-11 14:19 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  48. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  49. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  50. 2026-10-08 17:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  51. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  52. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  53. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  54. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  55. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  56. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  57. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  58. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  59. 2026-09-29 15:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  60. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  61. 2026-09-28 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-09-28 13:42 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  64. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  65. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 52nd percentile
  66. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  67. 2026-09-23 11:00 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-23 06:22 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-09-23 06:22 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  71. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile
  72. 2026-09-18 10:11 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-18 05:59 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-09-18 05:59 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 53rd percentile

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53486?
CVE-2026-53486 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 6, 2026. The decompress package for Node.js extracts archives. Prior to 10.2.1 and 11.1.3, archive extraction can create files and links outside the target directory. When extracting an archive to a directory, a crafted archive can read or write files outside that directory because hardlink and symlink…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-53486 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-53486 was published on July 6, 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 24, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-53486 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53486 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (54th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53486?
CVE-2026-53486 has a CVSS base score of 9.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53486?
A fix for CVE-2026-53486 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-53486 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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