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CVE-2025-40206: Linux 5.4
CVE-2025-40206. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00153 (percentile 0.03956), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · ee394f96ad7517fbc0de9106dcc7ce9efb14f264 to before f31bcea12222a26d6f151df9c4a6d21f2eec1724, ee394f96ad7517fbc0de9106dcc7ce9efb14f264 to before 0028e0134c64d9ed21728341a74fcfc59cd0f944, ee394f96ad7517fbc0de9106dcc7ce9efb14f264 to before 7ea55a44493a5a36c3b3293b88bbe4841f9dbaf0, ee394f96ad7517fbc0de9106dcc7ce9efb14f264 to before 4c1cf72ec10be5a9ad264650cadffa1fbce6fabd, ee394f96ad7517fbc0de9106dcc7ce9efb14f264 to before f359b809d54c6e3dd1d039b97e0b68390b0e53e4
Linux
Linux · 5.4
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/netfilter/nft_objref.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00153 · percentile 0.03956 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 22:58:54.984414+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40206.html