5.5

CVE-2026-97686: wind river vxworks 7

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
Published 28-09-2026Last modified 28-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-97686 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in wind river vxworks 7. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.10%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Wind River VxWorks 7 prior to 26.09, specific system call arguments can result in the IPNET subsystem failing to properly release allocated kernel memory and system file descriptors before terminating the calling application. Fixed in Version 26.09.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

29-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wind river1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links