CVE-2026-43457

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-08. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: 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:

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path

When 'midev->allow_rx' is false, the newly allocated skb isn't consumed by netif_rx(), it needs to free the skb directly.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
1.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 21, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f5e0f22cfc2371e7471c9fd5b4da78f9df7c69
generic

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7900a43b0a314a645ca0a2adf45928dbc7001f4
generic

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f81be2ab9d8e4744871bfb3e868ef413413829f
generic

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec54187e1aa40a4cfa2b265e9a311179f24b98d
generic

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b1be322342a6b0085bf6ee52235e5ac9834ec25
generic

mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb2adbdd5c03e8c9ebcdc48afd414b2724c85eb

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43457(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 41× 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 104 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-28 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-06-16 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-06-15 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  26. 2026-06-10 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-06-09 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-06-07 00:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-06-06 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-06-04 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  61. 2026-06-01 07:42 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  62. 2026-06-01 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43457?
CVE-2026-43457 is a medium vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path When 'midev->allow_rx' is false, the newly allocated skb isn't consumed by netif_rx(), it needs to free the skb directly.
When was CVE-2026-43457 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43457 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2026, with the most recent update on May 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43457 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43457 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43457?
CVE-2026-43457 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43457?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43457, 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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