CVE-2026-23474

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-03. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser

Given CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y and a recent compiler, commit 439a1bcac648 ("fortify: Use __builtin_dynamic_object_size() when available") produces the warning below and an oops.

Searching for RedBoot partition table in 50000000.flash at offset 0x7e0000 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: lib/string_helpers.c:1035 at 0xc029e04c, CPU#0: swapper/0/1 memcmp: detected buffer overflow: 15 byte read of buffer size 14 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.19.0 #1 NONE

As Kees said, "'names' is pointing to the final 'namelen' many bytes of the allocation ... 'namelen' could be basically any length at all. This fortify warning looks legit to me -- this code used to be reading beyond the end of the allocation."

Since the size of the dynamic allocation is calculated with strlen() we can use strcmp() instead of memcmp() and remain within bounds.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 3, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 19, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0065e106f798ce6862251bc4fc030ac5cead940
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8570211a2b1ec886a462daa0be4e9983ac768bb
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca235d11fc2fd8fce1dcd9d732dc780be0cde2de
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4054ad2d8bff4e8e937cd4a1d1a04c1e8f77a2c
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2f8020270af7777d49c2e7132260983e4fc566
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a4d8cfe7784f909b3bd69325abac8e04ecb385
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2025b2d1f9d5cad6ea6fe85654c6c41297c3130b
generic

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b08be5aca212a99f8ba786fee4922feac08002c

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23474(1)

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

Patch Availability(18)

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.

All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

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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-2026-23474?
CVE-2026-23474 is a medium vulnerability published on April 3, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser Given CONFIGFORTIFYSOURCE=y and a recent compiler, commit 439a1bcac648 ("fortify: Use builtindynamicobject_size() when available") produces the warning below and an oops.…
When was CVE-2026-23474 disclosed?
CVE-2026-23474 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 3, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-23474 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23474 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23474?
CVE-2026-23474 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23474?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-23474, 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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