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CVE-2026-89486: Linux 6.16
CVE-2026-89486. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00124 (percentile 0.01902), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 9e91f8a6c8688e27f4ccce7db457da87d6458836 to before 3088e41292fecf132f85f79af5ee4d620b9ff1b4, 9e91f8a6c8688e27f4ccce7db457da87d6458836 to before 5dc0b2a9af95a97861c1bffaf1687a3173e395c5, 9e91f8a6c8688e27f4ccce7db457da87d6458836 to before 05ec76cfbce653e07cec19b9b8b20e33449d5d87
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
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
- 0.00124 · percentile 0.01902 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 10:33:46.008150+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-89486.html