CVE-2026-57097

MEDIUMNVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 76% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
6.8
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Untrusted search path in Microsoft XML allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8(medium)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: 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
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
24.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57097

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57097(2)

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 15× in last 7d / 28× 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. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-23 03:20 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.40
  5. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-20 17:05 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.8
  9. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-19 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-19 03:33 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-19 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-17 08:13 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-17 08:13 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-17 08:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-16 21:47 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-16 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-15 19:30 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-15 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 3 more
  1. 2026-07-14 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-14 17:13 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-14 17:10 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-57097?
CVE-2026-57097 is a medium vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Untrusted search path in Microsoft XML allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
When was CVE-2026-57097 disclosed?
CVE-2026-57097 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-57097 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-57097 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 24.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-57097?
CVE-2026-57097 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-57097?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-57097, 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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