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CVE-2026-90069: Linux 6.16
CVE-2026-90069. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00173 (percentile 0.0632), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 097c432caaa6d91f87732fe991cb08139e31101a to before d48197cbd5d3476c7deea644972e9ec510865ec2, 097c432caaa6d91f87732fe991cb08139e31101a to before 889fa17a0af09ff93a9166abc82ee7a654faa49b, 097c432caaa6d91f87732fe991cb08139e31101a to before ee440d4fc0d2f15894ab1f64c474a3adbc858880
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: crypto/acompress.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
- 0.00173 · percentile 0.0632 · 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-2026-90069.html