What is CVE-2026-40446?

CVE-2026-40446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Escargot, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2026-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-40446?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Escargot

CVE-2026-40446

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') vulnerability in Samsung Open Source Escargot allows Pointer Manipulation.This issue affects Escargot: 97e8115ab1110bc502b4b5e4a0c689a71520d335.

Published 2026-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Samsung Escargot — versions 2026-03-28
Samsung Open Source Escargot — versions 97e8115ab1110bc502b4b5e4a0c689a71520d335

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

github.com/Samsung/escargot/pull/1554 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40446?: CVE-2026-40446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Escargot, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2026-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-40446?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.