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CVE-2026-72434: Linux 5.6
CVE-2026-72434. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00175 (percentile 0.06528), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 to before c940d1b96248c3081b664ede5418078bdc7c8c07, f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 to before 12088da6add5b003657c8506c5b0fcef835083b8, f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 to before c78bd5195a5998094a5866df702fbeafda60dafb, f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 to before 4a597a87e2e2f608edb6be2c510dc826b4fdfb53, 5dd9488ae41070b69d2f4acb580f77db5705f9ca, a469bab3386aebff33c59506f3a95e35b91118fd, 5.4.24 to before 5.5, 5.5.8 to before 5.6
Linux
Linux · 5.6
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.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 7.8/10) 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
- 0.00175 · percentile 0.06528 · 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-2026-72434.html