CVE-2026-23278

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-20. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements

During transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element: 1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the new batch.

If the map holding the catchall elements is also going away, its required to toggle all catchall elements and not just the first viable candidate.

Otherwise, we get: WARNING: ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1281 at nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables], CPU#2: nft/1404 RIP: 0010:nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables] [..] __nft_set_elem_destroy+0x106/0x380 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort_release+0x348/0x8d0 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort+0xcf2/0x3ac0 [nf_tables] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x9c9/0x20e0 [..]

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EPSS
6.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 4, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb0948fa13298212c5f8b30ee48efdae4389ab09
generic

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de47a88c6b807910f05703fb6605f7efdaa11417
generic

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cb9a23d7ae40a702577d3d8bacb7026f04ac2a9
generic

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77c26b5056d693ffe5e9f040e946251cdb55ae55

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23278(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.12.78—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-23278?
CVE-2026-23278 is a high vulnerability published on March 20, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements During transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element: 1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the new batch. If…
When was CVE-2026-23278 disclosed?
CVE-2026-23278 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 20, 2026, with the most recent update on July 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-23278 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23278 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 6.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23278?
CVE-2026-23278 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23278?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-23278, 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.

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