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CVE-2026-72057: Linux 5.16
CVE-2026-72057. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.2 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00585 (percentile 0.46752), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 0d76daf2013ce1da20eab5e26bd81d983e1c18fb to before fb080b6f54835d5d4d11ce3122800e6f0f6689e6, ec624fe740b416fb68d536b37fb8eef46f90b5c2 to before 67d6b00a54446c008f52cf70fc0c2ad0c712f85d, ec624fe740b416fb68d536b37fb8eef46f90b5c2 to before 2400c4b05d58834b994500a9eec90a37db44187c, ec624fe740b416fb68d536b37fb8eef46f90b5c2 to before 5c3ae5f6c7c6de73ea9b6a75154fe4ed343e1bac, ec624fe740b416fb68d536b37fb8eef46f90b5c2 to before b3d835407846134b0d54637c0281b39bebef831d, ec624fe740b416fb68d536b37fb8eef46f90b5c2 to before f7f45ceb855d9ba1cba594fb3f383255f7013fad, ec624fe740b416fb68d536b37fb8eef46f90b5c2 to before 9092e15defbe6c7bc241c306093ca9d358a578e7, 5.15.13 to before 5.15.217
Linux
Linux · 5.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/sched/act_ct.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.2/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity impact as low; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 32.9 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00585 · percentile 0.46752 · 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-2026-72057.html