{"id":"CVE-2026-79079","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","summary":"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","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-09-21","updated":"2026-09-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-22T20:00:03.713","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79079","references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/pull/1314/commits/68bbe3063b601537d1e505dd1a4560d51811a9e0","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79079.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79079"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79079"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00191,"epssPercentile":0.08712,"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-22T13:48:44.096309Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-21T21:53:57.430Z","vendor":"Red Hat","slug":"CVE-2026-79079","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79079.json)","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":209049,"id":"CVE-2026-79079","ts":1790085894313,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":209048,"id":"CVE-2026-79079","ts":1790085894313,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.8"},{"seq":209047,"id":"CVE-2026-79079","ts":1790085894313,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}