CVE-2026-23397

HIGHNVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-26. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: 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:

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints

nfnl_osf_add_callback() validates opt_num bounds and string NUL-termination but does not check individual option length fields. A zero-length option causes nf_osf_match_one() to enter the option matching loop even when foptsize sums to zero, which matches packets with no TCP options where ctx->optp is NULL:

Oops: general protection fault KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:nf_osf_match_one (net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c:98) Call Trace: nf_osf_match (net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c:227) xt_osf_match_packet (net/netfilter/xt_osf.c:32) ipt_do_table (net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:293) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:623) ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262) ip_rcv (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:573)

Additionally, an MSS option (kind=2) with length < 4 causes out-of-bounds reads when nf_osf_match_one() unconditionally accesses optp[2] and optp[3] for MSS value extraction. While RFC 9293 section 3.2 specifies that the MSS option is always exactly 4 bytes (Kind=2, Length=4), the check uses "< 4" rather than "!= 4" because lengths greater than 4 do not cause memory safety issues -- the buffer is guaranteed to be at least foptsize bytes by the ctx->optsize == foptsize check.

Reject fingerprints where any option has zero length, or where an MSS option has length less than 4, at add time rather than trusting these values in the packet matching hot path.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EPSS
2.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 26, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec8bf0571b142f29dc0b68ae2ac3952f7a464b38
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9cf17b91e733fec725ebcc0b3098bc5ccd505e0
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbdfaae9609629a9569362e3b8f33d0a20fd783c
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa0574182c46963c3cdb8cde46ec93aca21100d8
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c6aa008b913e808c4f4d3cde36cb1d9bb5967c6
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c11b5c2436a3a5b450612ab160e3a525b28cfb5
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3932620c04c2938c93c0890c225960d3d34ba355
generic

nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/224f4678812e1a7bc8341bcb666773a0aec5ea6f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23397(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 @ 6.1.167osv

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 46× 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-2026-23397?
CVE-2026-23397 is a high vulnerability published on March 26, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints nfnlosfaddcallback() validates optnum bounds and string NUL-termination but does not check individual option length fields. A zero-length option causes…
When was CVE-2026-23397 disclosed?
CVE-2026-23397 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 26, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-23397 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23397 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23397?
CVE-2026-23397 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23397?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-23397, 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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