CVE-2026-43025

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 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: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations

Use the existing master conntrack helper, anything else is not really supported and it just makes validation more complicated, so just ignore what helper userspace suggests for this expectation.

This was uncovered when validating CTA_EXPECT_CLASS via different helper provided by userspace than the existing master conntrack helper:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_ct_expect_related_report+0x2479/0x27c0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880043fe408 by task poc/102 Call Trace: nf_ct_expect_related_report+0x2479/0x27c0 ctnetlink_create_expect+0x22b/0x3b0 ctnetlink_new_expect+0x4bd/0x5c0 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x67a/0x950 netlink_rcv_skb+0x120/0x350

Allowing to read kernel memory bytes off the expectation boundary.

CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME is still used to offer the helper name to userspace via netlink dump.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: 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
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated May 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e135f8e8212cbed12a03ab8dec77fa1247139897
generic

netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917b61fa2042f11e2af4c428e43f08199586633a
generic

netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ea0f35f235f70c133ad61fe05ba013753b978c6
generic

netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a04c31db4057deec85fcd6cc63d720b38819c3
generic

netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/187b6ec5229ea93cb04c4f6d3b52efc80f513d0d
generic

netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f6c33697ccfac6499d0b7a4dbdec5d3a3a566cd

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43025(1)

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 @ 6.1.168—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 9× in last 7d / 29× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 111 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43025?
CVE-2026-43025 is a high vulnerability published on May 1, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations Use the existing master conntrack helper, anything else is not really supported and it just makes validation more complicated, so just ignore what helper userspace…
When was CVE-2026-43025 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43025 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 1, 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-2026-43025 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43025 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 97.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43025?
CVE-2026-43025 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43025?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43025, 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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