CVE-2026-45838

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-27. 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:

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key()

list_next_entry() never returns NULL -- when the current element is the last entry it wraps to the list head via container_of(). The subsequent NULL check is therefore dead code and get_next_key() never returns -ENOENT for the last element, instead reading storage->key from a bogus pointer that aliases internal map fields and copying the result to userspace.

Replace it with list_entry_is_head() so the function correctly returns -ENOENT when there are no more entries.

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

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 26, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 26, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc39753b7f92e09177777e9c648afe5aa3abb81f
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b5a20bed82130da2f2818f04d52378952fbd0b
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a2f30e40f7468db732f55659bc6318874f49af
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5828b9e5b272ecff7cf5d345128d3de7324117f7
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ce55d424395904986f5066f8755f6cb9993377
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c88b2d96e1d4d0c7c4589a4593d4cdee6d332d6
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d3339e465e54107bd85884341d1609c5300d6a
generic

bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroup_storage_get_next_key() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f3d9dd5e1fd52b39e25328307c6a694e994ffe3

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45838(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 / 52× 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. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-07-01 11:41 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-01 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-29 21:25 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-06-29 21:25 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-06-29 21:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-06-28 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  5. 2026-06-28 01:56 UTCEG score recompute 5.50
  6. 2026-06-28 01:56 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-06-28 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-26 19:41 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  10. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-25 02:16 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45838?
CVE-2026-45838 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: fix end-of-list detection in cgroupstoragegetnextkey() listnextentry() never returns NULL -- when the current element is the last entry it wraps to the list head via container_of(). The subsequent NULL check is therefore dead…
When was CVE-2026-45838 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45838 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 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-2026-45838 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45838 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-2026-45838?
CVE-2026-45838 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45838?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45838, 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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