{"id":"CVE-2026-79079","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79079","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:45:40.132Z","title":"An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components","description":"An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components","published":"2026-09-21T22:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-22T20:00:04.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00191,"percentile":0.087,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.00151,"percentile":0.04667}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-22T16:00:07.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"7.8","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 7.8 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-21T22:16:59.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-21T22:16:59.000Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/pull/1314/commits/68bbe3063b601537d1e505dd1a4560d51811a9e0","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79079","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}