VulnerabilityAwaiting Analysis
CVE-2026-36365
An issue in Lymphatus caesium-image-compressor All versions up to and including commit 02da2c6 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the shutdownMachine and putMachineToSleep functions in PostCompressionActions.cpp
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.14%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue in Lymphatus caesium-image-compressor All versions up to and including commit 02da2c6 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the shutdownMachine and putMachineToSleep functions in PostCompressionActions.cpp
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-94
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor
- https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor/blob/main/src/utils/PostCompressionActions.cpp
- https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor/pull/376
- https://github.com/mertsatilmaz/vulnerability-research/blob/main/advisories/CVE-2026-36365.md
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.