Path traversal
WSO2 Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability
At a glance
Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.
Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If it touches your systems or suppliers, treat it as High.
Briefing
There is no written leader briefing for this story yet. These questions come from the facts we hold.
Questions to ask IT
- Are we affected by CVE-2026-5430, and which of our systems would be?
- Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
- If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 22 Nov?
Next steps
- Confirm exposure and remediation status for affected products
Vulnerability facts
Full CVE detail CVE-2026-5430- 10.0 · CriticalExploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability, and it can reach beyond the vulnerable system.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Listed: attacks using it have been seen (on the catalogue since )
- Elevated attack likelihood (~22.4% in 30 days)
- Not linked from the CVE record
No technical write-up beyond these facts and the summary below yet.
Next steps
- Confirm whether affected products/versions are present and prioritise patching or mitigations
Summary
- CVE-2026-5430 has an estimated ~22.4% chance of attack in 30 days (97.7th percentile) as of 2026-11-14 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- CVE-2026-5430 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)
- Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.
Pulse
Last change 47m ago · Next recheck 15 Nov 2026, 14:01 UK time
- Story15 Nov 2026, 08:01 UK time · 47m ago
Linked reporting from (official standard body).
Read source (FIRST EPSS)
1 entry so far. The timeline chart appears once this story has more history.
Sources
CVE-2026-5430: elevated exploitation probability
How we know
Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.
- ClaimedHeadline60% confidence
WSO2 Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability
- ProbableSummary fact75% confidence
CVE-2026-5430 has an estimated attack likelihood score of 0.224 (~22.4% estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; 97.7th percentile) as of 2026-11-14. This is a probability signal from FIRST, not confirmed exploitation.
- ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence
Event involves CVE-2026-5430
- ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence
CVE-2026-5430 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)
- ConfirmedEstimated attack likelihood95% confidence
CVE-2026-5430 has an estimated ~22.4% chance of attack in 30 days (97.7th percentile) as of 2026-11-14 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation