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CVE-2026-36228

📛 CVE Title

CVE-2026-36228

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Easy Chat Server 3.1 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via the chat message functionality

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
mitre
CVSS severity
high
CVSS score
CVSS 7.3 / 10 7.3 7.3 / 10
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Effective score
7.3 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
Reserved
2026-04-06
Published
2026-05-22 00:00 UTC
Last updated
2026-05-22 17:38 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/36xxx/CVE-2026-36228.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2026-36228 — CVE-2026-36228

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

EPSS score
0.0018 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile
39.16% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

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European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID
EUVD-2026-31472
Assigner
mitre
Published
May 22, 2026, 12:00:00 AM
Updated
May 22, 2026, 5:38:26 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
7.3 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EUVD-reported EPSS
0.2400
Vendors
n/a
Products
n/a (n/a)
Aliases
GHSA-jh5j-c5cw-c6g9

ENISA description: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Easy Chat Server 3.1 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code via the chat message functionality

EUVD references (2)

Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/a n/a n/a (affected)

Vendor references (2)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

Web references (5)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

Remediations (18)

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

  • web:blog.qualys.com

    Oracle released its second quarterly edition of this year's Critical Patch Update. The update received patches for 481 security vulnerabilities.

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:community.ui.com

    Published: May 21, 2026 Updated: May 22, 2026 Version: 1.1 Revision: 1.1 Summary 1 of 5 A malicious actor with access to the network and high privileges could exploit an Improper Input Validation vulnerability found in UniFi OS devices to execute a Command Injection. Affected Products: UniFi OS Server (Version 5.0.6 and earlier) Mitigation : Update your UniFi OS Server to Version 5.0.8 or later ...

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:cyberpress.org

    Oracle has released its January 2026 Critical Patch Update (CPU), delivering security patches for 337 vulnerabilities across multiple product families. Published through Oracle's Security Alerts portal, the advisory emphasizes the cumulative nature of these patches and strongly recommends immediate deployment across enterprise environments to ...

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:cybersecuritynews.com

    Microsoft released its March 2026 Patch Tuesday security update on March 10, 2026 , addressing 78 vulnerabilities across Windows, Microsoft Office, Azure, SQL Server, and .NET. The update includes one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and multiple Critical-rated flaws demanding immediate attention from security teams. The most urgent fix this month is CVE - 2026 -21262, the sole zero-day ...

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:msrc.microsoft.com

    The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) investigates all reports of security vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft products and services, and provides the information here as part of the ongoing effort to help you manage security risks and help keep your systems protected.

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:support.servicenow.com

    Overview The advisories below document publicly disclosed Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ( CVEs ) in the Now Platform by ServiceNow. Because ServiceNow uses various methods to communicate vulnerability information, patches, and other fixes, customers should review family, security patch , and hotfix release notes, which are available at https://docs.servicenow.com, for a complete list of ...

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:www.cisecurity.org

    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could result in an attacker gaining the same privileges as the logged-on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or ...

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:www.crowdstrike.com

    Microsoft has released security updates for 130 vulnerabilities, including 30 critical, in its May 2026 Patch Tuesday rollout.

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:www.oracle.com

    This Critical Patch Update contains 481 new security patches across the product families listed below. Please note that an MOS note summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at April 2026 Critical Patch Update: Executive Summary and Analysis.

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:zecurit.com

    Get the complete breakdown of Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday. We analyze the latest security updates and all critical CVEs .

    2026-05-26 03:09 UTC
  • web:blogs.oracle.com

    For more information about the Critical Patch Update program, see the security vulnerability remediation practices page located on the Oracle Trust Center.

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:msrc.microsoft.com

    The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) investigates all reports of security vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft products and services, and provides the information here as part of the ongoing effort to help you manage security risks and help keep your systems protected.

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:support.sap.com

    SAP security Patch Day Bulletin This post shares the information on security notes that remediate vulnerabilities discovered in SAP products. SAP strongly recommends that the customer visits the Support Portal and applies patches on priority to protect their SAP landscape. On 10th of February 2026 , SAP security patch day saw the release of 26 new security notes. Further, there was 1 update to ...

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:support.sap.com

    SAP security Patch Day Bulletin This post shares the information on security notes that remediate vulnerabilities discovered in SAP products. SAP strongly recommends that the customer visits the support portal and applies patches on priority to protect their SAP landscape. On 9th of June 2026 , SAP security patch day saw the release of 15 new security notes.

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:techcommunity.microsoft.com

    We wanted to tell you how to address the Exchange Server May 2026 vulnerability CVE - 2026 -42897.

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:www.oracle.com

    Additional CVEs addressed are: The patch for CVE - 2026 -34481 also addresses CVE - 2026 -34477, CVE - 2026 -34478, CVE - 2026 -34479, and CVE - 2026 -34480. Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix This Critical Security Patch Update contains 106 new security patches for Oracle Fusion Middleware. 53 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a ...

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:www.rapid7.com

    Microsoft is publishing 200 vulnerabilities on June 2026 Patch Tuesday, including an HTTP/2 denial of service vulnerability and an elevation of privilege vulnerability in PowerToys.

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC
  • web:www.tenable.com

    Microsoft patched 569 CVEs in July 2026 , the largest Patch Tuesday release in its history. 56 critical CVEs patched including three zero-day vulnerabilities.

    2026-08-07 09:22 UTC

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-36228.json.

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