What is CVE-2026-79079?
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
The record classifies CVE-2026-79079 under weakness class CWE-78. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. The identifier was first published 14 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.6% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 4.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-21, last modified 2026-09-22
Is CVE-2026-79079 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2026-79079 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.
How to fix CVE-2026-79079
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-79079 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-79079
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-79079, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .