CVE•Published 2026-08-25•Modified 2026-09-09•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-52491
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
4
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 96% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libtiff/tools/thumbnail.c: main() component
Timeline
Published 2026-08-25
Modified 2026-09-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-52491Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-52491Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-52491Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-52491GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-52491" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.