When was CVE-2004-0986 disclosed?

CVE-2004-0986 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 1, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2004-0986 actively exploited?

CVE-2004-0986 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 79.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2004-0986?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2004-0986, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2004-0986

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Iptables before 1.2.11, under certain conditions, does not properly load the required modules at system startup, which causes the firewall rules to fail to load and protect the system from remote attackers.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 79.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/updates/9.2/i386/rpm/i586/iptables-1.2.11-4.2.i586.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-026.shtml
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-580
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:125
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11570
cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2252
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17928
cve@mitrehttps://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-81-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/updates/9.2/i386/rpm/i586/iptables-1.2.11-4.2.i586.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-026.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-580
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:125
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11570
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2252
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17928

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