Vulnerability · Published May 4, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-36365
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity code injection in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue in Lymphatus caesium-image-compressor All versions up to and including commit 02da2c6 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the shutdownMachine and putMachineToSleep functions in PostCompressionActions.cpp
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor
- https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor/blob/main/src/utils/PostCompressionActions.cpp
- https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor/pull/376
- https://github.com/mertsatilmaz/vulnerability-research/blob/main/advisories/CVE-2026-36365.md