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CVE-2026-90051: Linux 6.16
CVE-2026-90051. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00162 (percentile 0.04924), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e to before 2151b2bcf6fcec52665f606eed20da068447f0b7, bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e to before b04326c7927af7048fd4e730f5770cca350d0a60, bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e to before 125755776bc6d4dd53eaf551c87e3d460625d638
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/ipv4/tcp.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
- 0.00162 · percentile 0.04924 · 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-2026-90051.html