What is CVE-2026-40042?

CVE-2026-40042 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pachno, classified under Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere (File Descriptor Leak). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-40042?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pachno

CVE-2026-40042

Pachno 1.0.6 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting unsafe XML parsing in the TextParser helper. Attackers can inject malicious XML entities throu…

EPSS: 0.004 (29.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pachno — versions 1.0.6
Pancho Pachno — versions 1.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-403 — Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere (File Descriptor Leak)

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40042?: CVE-2026-40042 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pachno, classified under Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere (File Descriptor Leak). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-40042?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.