Get real-time updates on Telegram
CVE-2026-23178: Linux 5.18
CVE-2026-23178. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00167 (percentile 0.05543), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 85df713377ddc0482071c3e6b64c37bd1e48f1f1 to before f9c9ad89d845f88a1509e9d672f65d234425fde9, 85df713377ddc0482071c3e6b64c37bd1e48f1f1 to before cff3f619fd1cb40cdd89971df9001f075613d219, 85df713377ddc0482071c3e6b64c37bd1e48f1f1 to before 786ec171788bdf9dda38789163f1b1fbb47f2d1e, 85df713377ddc0482071c3e6b64c37bd1e48f1f1 to before 2124279f1f8c32c1646ce98e75a1a39b23b7db76, 85df713377ddc0482071c3e6b64c37bd1e48f1f1 to before 2497ff38c530b1af0df5130ca9f5ab22c5e92f29
Linux
Linux · 5.18
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.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
- 0.00167 · percentile 0.05543 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 16:12:45.293412+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-23178.html