CVE-2026-43490

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: 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:

ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length

smb_inherit_dacl() walks the parent directory DACL loaded from the security descriptor xattr. It verifies that each ACE contains the fixed SID header before using it, but does not verify that the variable-length SID described by sid.num_subauth is fully contained in the ACE.

A malformed inheritable ACE can advertise more subauthorities than are present in the ACE. compare_sids() may then read past the ACE. smb_set_ace() also clamps the copied destination SID, but used the unchecked source SID count to compute the inherited ACE size. That could advance the temporary inherited ACE buffer pointer and nt_size accounting past the allocated buffer.

Fix this by validating the parent ACE SID count and SID length before using the SID during inheritance. Compute the inherited ACE size from the copied SID so the size matches the bounded destination SID. Reject the inherited DACL if size accumulation would overflow smb_acl.size or the security descriptor allocation size.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
33.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 15, 2026

Last Modified

June 26, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 20, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1d95c995d5bcb24b639200a899eda59cb1e6d64
generic

ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996454bc0da84d5a1dedb1a7861823087e01a7ae
generic

ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47c6e37a77b10e74f70d845ba4ea5d3cafa00336
generic

ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa60fea7f637c071f529ad6784aecca2f2f0c5f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43490(2)

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 / 51× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43490?
CVE-2026-43490 is a high vulnerability published on May 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length smbinheritdacl() walks the parent directory DACL loaded from the security descriptor xattr. It verifies that each ACE contains the fixed SID header before using it, but does not verify that…
When was CVE-2026-43490 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43490 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 15, 2026, with the most recent update on June 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43490 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43490 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 33.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43490?
CVE-2026-43490 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43490?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43490, 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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