CVE-2026-8398 — Daemon Tools Lite Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Overview

Daemon Tools contains an unspecified vulnerability that has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID

CVE-2026-8398

Vulnerability

Daemon Tools Lite Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Vendor

Daemon

Affected products

Daemon: Daemon Tools Lite

Severity

HIGH

Exploitation status

Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)

EPSS score

0.75% probability of exploitation in 30 days · 50th percentile

Published

2026-05-27

Remediation guidance

CVE-2026-8398 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for Daemon the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.75% probability that CVE-2026-8398 will be exploited within the next 30 days (50th percentile of all CVEs) — useful for risk-based patch sequencing.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

• NVD — National Vulnerability Database
• MITRE CVE Record
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
• FIRST EPSS — Exploit Prediction Scoring