DIRAC is an interware, meaning a software framework for distributed computing. Prior to versions 8.0.79, 9.0.22, and 9.1.10, WorkloadManagementSystem/Utilities/PilotWrapper.py pilotWrapperScript uses ssl._create_unverified_context to download the second-stage pilot.tar archive without TLS certificate verification and downloads the reference checksum through the same unvalidated channel. An attacker able to redirect or intercept a grid site's network traffic through DNS or routing manipulation can substitute both the executable pilot code and its checksum, causing arbitrary code to run in the pilot context with access to pilot proxy credentials. The fixed implementation validates the server certificate through system trust and X509_CERT_DIR or the grid certificate directory. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.79, 9.0.22, and 9.1.10.
CVE-2026-61668
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-13. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2026-78899 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-vg99-gr89-qhw9 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 37EG Risk 37/100
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)Severity81% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation0.4% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (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. - EPSS PROB
- 0.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 33rd
- 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 (8.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). 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; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA 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 SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (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)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 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 13, 2026
Last Modified
September 30, 2026
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026Release v9.1.10 (DIRACGrid/DIRAC)
Patch available: DIRACGrid/DIRAC v9.1.10
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/releases/tag/v9.1.10Release v9.0.22 (DIRACGrid/DIRAC)
Patch available: DIRACGrid/DIRAC v9.0.22
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/releases/tag/v9.0.22Release v8.0.79 (DIRACGrid/DIRAC)
Patch available: DIRACGrid/DIRAC v8.0.79
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/releases/tag/v8.0.79commit b332c437d064 (DIRACGrid/DIRAC)
Patch available: DIRACGrid/DIRAC v9.1.10 (contains commit b332c437d064)
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/commit/b332c437d064f66ee46f5b45a90a9f7c4bace38dcommit 92e2e26c63b9 (DIRACGrid/DIRAC)
Patch available: DIRACGrid/DIRAC v9.0.22 (contains commit 92e2e26c63b9)
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/commit/92e2e26c63b964b8499bee5e9c2e2821a36eac56commit 68029dfb5ddd (DIRACGrid/DIRAC)
Patch available: DIRACGrid/DIRAC v8.0.79 (contains commit 68029dfb5ddd)
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/commit/68029dfb5ddd8b1e4106851f8e37370aa80ac7aePilot code downloaded over unverified HTTPS connection · Advisory · DIRACGrid/DIRAC · GitHub
https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/security/advisories/GHSA-vg99-gr89-qhw9Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-61668(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | DIRAC @ 8.0.79 (fixes >= 6.20.1, < 8.0.79) | — | ghsa |
| pip | DIRAC @ 9.0.22 (fixes >= 8.1.0a1, < 9.0.22) | — | ghsa |
| pip | DIRAC @ 9.1.10 (fixes >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.10) | — | 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
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| dirac | 7.2.0 ... 9.1.9 (336 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 41× 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.
- 2026-11-02 16:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
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- 2026-11-01 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-vg99-gr89-qhw9 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-11-01 07:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
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- 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
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