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CVE-2026-68293: Linux 5.18

CVE-2026-68293. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00138 (percentile 0.02842), scored 15-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Linux · 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c to before 5be4eebd5a3a198dab0adcd550e1cadca79bdfed, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c to before 87b39a8c875ca744b7de69af0a8ef8874cffccf1, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c to before 88b2a16ddac3357e3f1d528e758b51e2c945d546, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c to before 11c057d23465c7a5817a7284c896d19d54c0b616
Linux

Linux · 5.18
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/port.c, include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h

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 7.1/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as high; integrity impact as none. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 16-Oct-2026 16:58 UTC

CCR priority: 28.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00138 · percentile 0.02842 · 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-2026-68293.html