CVE-2026-43362

HIGHNVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-08. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()

SMB2_write() places write payload in iov[1..n] as part of rq_iov. smb3_init_transform_rq() pointer-shares rq_iov, so crypt_message() encrypts iov[1] in-place, replacing the original plaintext with ciphertext. On a replayable error, the retry sends the same iov[1] which now contains ciphertext instead of the original data, resulting in corruption.

The corruption is most likely to be observed when connections are unstable, as reconnects trigger write retries that re-send the already-encrypted data.

This affects SFU mknod, MF symlinks, etc. On kernels before 6.10 (prior to the netfs conversion), sync writes also used this path and were similarly affected. The async write path wasn't unaffected as it uses rq_iter which gets deep-copied.

Fix by moving the write payload into rq_iter via iov_iter_kvec(), so smb3_init_transform_rq() deep-copies it before encryption.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EPSS
12.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 15, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

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

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78840a6a38d312dc1a51a65317bb67e46f0b929
generic

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aea5e37388a080361110ab5790f57ae0af383650
generic

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e64f1852f455f57d0850989e57c30d7fac7d95
generic

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52327268224fb9ccc7ecfbbdfdfff54b6e93c518
generic

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/438e77435aee2894d5edf90be5c87004a57f6258

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43362(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
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-06-28ubuntu

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.

All Vendor Advisories

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43362?
CVE-2026-43362 is a high vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() SMB2write() places write payload in iov[1..n] as part of rqiov. smb3inittransformrq() pointer-shares rqiov, so crypt_message() encrypts iov[1] in-place, replacing the…
When was CVE-2026-43362 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43362 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-2026-43362 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43362 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 12.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43362?
CVE-2026-43362 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43362?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43362, 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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