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CVE-2026-55981

critical

A firmware verification vulnerability in Creative Sound Blaster Katana could allow an attacker to modify a legitimate firmware image and upload the modified fi…

A firmware verification vulnerability in Creative Sound Blaster Katana could allow an attacker to modify a legitimate firmware image and upload the modified firmware to an affected device.

CVSS
9.6
9.6 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-23 07:16
Modified: 2026-10-23 19:42
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:05 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:05 UTC · record ↗

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