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CVE-2026-68189: Linux 5.17
CVE-2026-68189. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.0016 (percentile 0.04642), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 161510ccf91c961638940b03abb1ee804be53a97 to before 30bc6248f035a792d1b1f4cc761b32fd5827b55f, 161510ccf91c961638940b03abb1ee804be53a97 to before e4fa2c5c261d736b8e58759fdef3a968d510630c, 161510ccf91c961638940b03abb1ee804be53a97 to before a351f68fb24828b23a971e00b8238ee0e8a40380, 161510ccf91c961638940b03abb1ee804be53a97 to before a42f5536ea9c00e13f0c0fbb330feed95e2365ca, 161510ccf91c961638940b03abb1ee804be53a97 to before fe13adc258df88d95789e5673c7ba5178b5f8b28, 161510ccf91c961638940b03abb1ee804be53a97 to before e9027ffbf5a0f3c12ca8900822e884eae9f0821b
Linux
Linux · 5.17
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/bluetooth/hci_sync.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
- 0.0016 · percentile 0.04642 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 16:55:38.548135+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-68189.html