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CVE-2026-89478: Linux 2.6.12
CVE-2026-89478. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.8 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00514 (percentile 0.42438), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3fc072e7cb4a0ff251d13cfc2d24f62489cd9386, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before d7cb5ad832095dc4becfdb2a36007ffd50e49fb0, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 0422b092a3d43ca462932ff9f747731ca078d1d4, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 928fd7920ba37cc5637a211b9be979083413a2fa, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before c6c86a5e62a4fec36692ddd64b9144b660f71f96, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 1035bdef1efb9b1076d1a57b81e08c637ff08ecc, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3537961df2163258bddc230db0e18dc14e925ea6, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 03a9d10ecf71f54b2af8020935f2033d4a132be5
Linux
Linux · 2.6.12
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/sctp/inqueue.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 9.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 39.3 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00514 · percentile 0.42438 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 20:20:42.059737+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-89478.html