Daemon Tools Lite Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Daemon Daemon Tools Lite

Daemon Tools contains an unspecified vulnerability that has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-05-27 (federal deadline 2026-05-30).

First seen: 27 May 2026
Last update: 27 May 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-8398
Source: CISA KEV

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## Daemon Tools Lite Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Daemon Daemon Tools Lite
Ids: CVE-2026-8398

Daemon Tools contains an unspecified vulnerability that has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-05-27 (federal deadline 2026-05-30).

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for Daemon Daemon Tools Lite. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-8398") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://blog.daemon-tools.cc/post/security-incident https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8398
https://pwned.coffee/i/daemon-tools-lite-embedded-malicious-code-vulnerability-cve-2026-8398

Sources

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