CVE-2026-23412

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-04-02. 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: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done

Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888003edbf88 by task poc/79 Call Trace: nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 netlink_dump+0x554/0x12b0 nfnl_hook_get+0x176/0x230 [..]

Defer release until after concurrent readers have completed.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EPSS
2.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 2, 2026

Last Modified

April 27, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

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

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d016c216bc75c45128160593a77b864a04dbe7c0
generic

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2bf5efdb02a2a59faf603604a1066e8266f349
generic

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c25e0dec366ae99b7264324ce3c7cbaea34691f9
generic

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54244d54a971c26a0cd0a9073460ff71f3c51b32
generic

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f90fa3994b992d1a09003a3db2599330a5232a

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.6.130—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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× 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-2026-23412?
CVE-2026-23412 is a high vulnerability published on April 2, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnlhookdump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 Read…
When was CVE-2026-23412 disclosed?
CVE-2026-23412 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 2, 2026, with the most recent update on April 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-23412 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23412 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23412?
CVE-2026-23412 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23412?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-23412, 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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