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CVE-2026-9651
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability that could cause unauthorized disclosure of
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability that could cause unauthorized disclosure of password hashes and potential account compromise when an attacker with privileged local access reads improperly protected system files.
EPSS 0.00106
EPSS exploitation odds0.11% · top 98%
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YARA rules0
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How to read a CVE - triage first, then detect and patch
This page is every public fact about CVE-2026-9651, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.
Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:
CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked.
EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal.
CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score.
Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.
How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.
Then what - two workflows:
Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits.
PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.
Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).
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Severity & exploitation scoring
EPSS exploitation probability
0.11%
Top 98%odds of exploitation in the next 30 days
CVSS metric silhouette
No structured CVSS vector for this CVE. Older entries often have only a numeric base score - the metric breakdown radar requires a full
AV:_/AC:_/... vector string published by NVD.SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech impact
partial
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ATT&CK techniques
9Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small N× marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.
T1083 · File and Directory Discovery T1134.001 · Token Impersonation/Theft T1505.005 · Terminal Services DLL T1548 · Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism T1550.004 · Web Session Cookie T1553.002 · Code Signing T1554 · Compromise Host Software Binary T1574.005 · Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness T1574.010 · Services File Permissions Weakness
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CAPEC attack patterns
11Attack patterns this CVE enables - the bridge from weakness to ATT&CK technique.
CAPEC-CAPEC-1 · Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-CAPEC-122 · Privilege Abuse CAPEC-CAPEC-127 · Directory Indexing CAPEC-CAPEC-17 · Using Malicious Files CAPEC-CAPEC-180 · Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels CAPEC-CAPEC-206 · Signing Malicious Code CAPEC-CAPEC-234 · Hijacking a privileged process CAPEC-CAPEC-60 · Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-CAPEC-61 · Session Fixation CAPEC-CAPEC-62 · Cross Site Request Forgery CAPEC-CAPEC-642 · Replace Binaries
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Related CVEs
4CVEs linked to this one by a shared weakness (CWE) or affected product - joins on data already in the engine, with the reason shown per row.
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CVE-2004-1714
BlackICE PC Protection and Server Protection installs (1) firewall.ini, (2) blac...
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same CWE-732
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CVE-2005-4868
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1
same CWE-732
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CVE-2007-5544
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same CWE-732
HIGH
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References & Sources
1Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.