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CVE-2026-98023: Linux 5.8
CVE-2026-98023. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00125 (percentile 0.01912), scored 03-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before 00c7f4b8144e535ffb931ad45942a1bd1315b882, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before 55a33882808f1402052d53a08ead59aff8af18a1, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before c8f29af91e0830fdabc9aa1eb1a0f898ce1bc603, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before b2a8e165ddb6cd72176890b2954c52b0f6dbce1a, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before 28f86eec851b7406a4bc6143f82aeba2882d9842, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before 53359916ceb649b7e6947c8c2f669368a41c1354, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before 3fa64d86fc64eda104e3e97721a12a42a2fd2073, 1274e1cc42264d4e629841e4f182795cb0becfd2 to before 98fc57d167446b95b4e719815fe79edef93f8e7a
Linux
Linux · 5.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c, tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
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
- 0.00125 · percentile 0.02016 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-18 12:55:59.341568+00:00 UTC
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 06:01:24.332572+00:00 UTC
- 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-2026-98023.html