---
id: CVE-2026-79079
title: >-
  An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute
  arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components
summary: >-
  An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute
  arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-78
published: '2026-09-21'
updated: '2026-09-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-22T20:00:03.713'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79079'
references:
  - url: 'https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/pull/1314/commits/68bbe3063b601537d1e505dd1a4560d51811a9e0
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://gist.github.com/lggcs/c1f98ce55ced44472651b9590d9f199a'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79079.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79079'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79079'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.0013
epssPercentile: 0.02992
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-22T13:48:44.096309Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-21T21:53:57.430Z'
vendor: Red Hat
---

## Overview

An issue in CrossWire Xiphos <= 4.3.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/main/url.cc and src/gtk/menu_popup.c components

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-79079.json)