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CVE-2026-72254: Linux 5.16
CVE-2026-72254. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.5 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00612 (percentile 0.48151), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 42df6e1d221dddc0f2acf2be37e68d553ad65f96 to before 4fee43759b489559a491f7c95f9bfa7a1d0c7a10, 42df6e1d221dddc0f2acf2be37e68d553ad65f96 to before 568931f26af4727a51e8521f72efbc78d3b82410, 42df6e1d221dddc0f2acf2be37e68d553ad65f96 to before d01c913febead04a01a5f3a6374d1f45504dc523, 42df6e1d221dddc0f2acf2be37e68d553ad65f96 to before f68305267ebda7e839b5e8f77e8d77535a3d5a0f, 42df6e1d221dddc0f2acf2be37e68d553ad65f96 to before d07955dd34ecae17d35d8c7d0a273a3fba653a8c
Linux
Linux · 5.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/netfilter/nft_fib.c, net/netfilter/nft_fib_netdev.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 7.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 30.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00612 · percentile 0.48151 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 19:24:35.956875+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72254.html