CVE-2026-43218

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 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

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:

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe()

In one of the error paths in tw9903_probe(), the memory allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in that error path.

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
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 11, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated May 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54aa17c968c4de2c5f7b7ea390c63d33c07513b
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7aeed33e4f55c76f35f0fca73e4dfe12a63a3a
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add02a3fb1fd71b004f0ed824cbac00f850de558
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a114918270f0d95c607d69b03a244e6afe54813f
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cea16fea47e5553f51d10957677ff735b1eff03
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb9eca33d20316ed3c7a938793b8735ac3e128b
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92537a15780b6d0281fd8286f93fbc3652e35f48
generic

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f0493506313775d3bd448de34762b6538da6bd

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.10.252—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 10× in last 7d / 31× 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.

  1. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43218?
CVE-2026-43218 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe() In one of the error paths in tw9903_probe(), the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit() and v4l2ctrlnewstd() is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandler_free()…
When was CVE-2026-43218 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43218 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43218 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43218 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 97.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43218?
CVE-2026-43218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43218?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43218, 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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