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CVE-2026-23391

netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal Templates refer to objects that can go away while packets are sitting in nfqueue refer to: - helper, this can be an issue on module removal. - timeout policy, nfnetlink_cttimeout might remove it. The use of templates with zone and event cache filter are safe, since this just copies values. Flush these enqueued packets in case the template rule gets removed.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. · 2 months later

    Published

  3. · 8 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-23391, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
LinuxCNA (assigner)3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.13% · top 97% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < 55445134d42b84cb0a272e42c98d233ca65eca83
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < cc57506dd66555899560b9c0f24e813f034e12ec
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < d2d0bae0c9a2a17b6990a2966f5cdce0813d6256
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < 63b8097cea1923fe82cd598068d0796da8c015ec
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < 19a230dec6bb8928e3f96387f9085cf2c79bcef9
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < cb549925875fa06dd155e49db4ac2c5044c30f9c
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < 777d02efe3d630cca4c1b63962cec17c57711325
    • affected 24de58f465165298aaa8f286b2592f0163706cfe – < f62a218a946b19bb59abdd5361da85fa4606b96b
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 3.4
    • unaffected < 3.4
    • unaffected 5.10.253 – ≤ 5.10.*
    • unaffected 5.15.203 – ≤ 5.15.*
    • unaffected 6.1.167 – ≤ 6.1.*
    • unaffected 6.6.130 – ≤ 6.6.*
    • unaffected 6.12.78 – ≤ 6.12.*
    • unaffected 6.18.20 – ≤ 6.18.*
    • unaffected 6.19.10 – ≤ 6.19.*
    • unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *

References

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Sources

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