CVE-2026-43321

HIGHNVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-08. 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:

bpf: Properly mark live registers for indirect jumps

For a gotox rX instruction the rX register should be marked as used in the compute_insn_live_regs() function. Fix this.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EPSS
2.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 15, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

bpf: Properly mark live registers for indirect jumps - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1aab1ca576c90192ba961094d51b0be6355a4d6
generic

bpf: Properly mark live registers for indirect jumps - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7beae54111c34ca63357ef120e115889b915beb5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43321(1)

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

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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  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-06-28 05:09 UTCVendor advisory
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  18. 2026-06-27 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-27 14:09 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-06-27 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-06-26 21:33 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-26 21:33 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-06-26 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-06-14 02:59 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-06-14 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-06-11 17:13 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-06-11 17:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-06-11 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-06-11 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-06-10 13:53 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-06-10 13:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  60. 2026-06-08 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
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  63. 2026-06-07 20:40 UTCVendor advisory
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  68. 2026-06-07 07:38 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-06-07 07:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43321?
CVE-2026-43321 is a high vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Properly mark live registers for indirect jumps For a gotox rX instruction the rX register should be marked as used in the computeinsnlive_regs() function. Fix this.
When was CVE-2026-43321 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43321 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2026, with the most recent update on May 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43321 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43321 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43321?
CVE-2026-43321 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43321?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43321, 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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