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CVE-2026-90443: CISA Malcolm · Cross-site Scripting

Affects CISA MalcolmSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade to v26.06.0 when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in v26.06.0, 26.06.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Malcolm to v26.06.0; Malcolm to 26.06.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
CISAMalcolmAffected
  • <26.06.0
Fixed in
  • v26.06.0
GitHubMalcolmpkg:github/MalcolmOther threatsAffected
  • <26.06.0
Fixed in
  • 26.06.0

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, users should exercise caution when clicking on untrusted links pointing to the Malcolm web interface. Implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious URL patterns may help mitigate exploitation risk.

Description

A web interface reflects a portion of the request URL into a script context and a hyperlink attribute without adequate encoding, and does not require authentication to reach. This allows an unauthenticated network attacker to craft a link that, when visited by a user, executes arbitrary script in the context of the affected application and can redirect the user's browser to an arbitrary external site. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to act with the compromised user's session privileges within the application.

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