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CVE-2026-8398 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-06

Daemon Tools Lite vulnerability

Daemon Tools Lite contains an unspecified vulnerability affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

An unspecified vulnerability in Daemon Tools Lite impacts system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Active exploitation in the wild indicates immediate risk to deployed instances.

CISA KEV Yes · 2026-05-273EPSS 0.1439 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-05-27).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.1439 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
FIRST EPSS ↗High
Severity / affected
Affected: Daemon, Daemon Tools Lite. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-506 CWE-506.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-506 · CWE-506
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No threat-actor attribution is established from the public feed for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I identify and exploit an unspecified code weakness in Daemon Tools Lite running on target systems.
Business
Unauthorized access to sensitive data, system modification, or service disruption occurs on affected endpoints.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I leverage the vulnerability to execute arbitrary operations with elevated privileges on compromised hosts.
Business
System integrity is compromised, enabling lateral movement and persistence across the enterprise infrastructure.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I exfiltrate confidential information or disable critical system functions through the vulnerability.
Business
Data breach, operational downtime, and loss of business continuity impact organizational operations and reputation.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Catalogued by Kaspersky (CNA)
  • Named finder/reporter credit (CVE.org)

    • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
    • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by KasperskyCNA
    Credited with finding itIgor Kuznetsov (Kaspersky)finderGeorgy Kucherin (Kaspersky)finderLeonid Bezvershenko (Kaspersky)finderAnton Kargin (Kaspersky)finder