CVE-2026-45930

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
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
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:

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised

Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return uninitalised data in the pad bytes of the ndmsg data.

Ensure we're initialising the netlink data to zero, in the link, addr and neigh response messages.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
2.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 25, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

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

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f840437e7641764de15f2de951ac8335d641f1
generic

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37da3ac099e145bcd3be82c745a8d335772e3af
generic

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6a9bc544b675d8b5180f2718ec985ad267b5cbf
generic

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976612471a9e6ead6ceffc241e4d0a1aac90b36a
generic

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963537a26fd892f7e414a091f807b44aeee97a7d
generic

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb6a97c86abb8592158088afaea0eb464cf9de1
generic

net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ed418de62a148a655262da682a050fa05f7924

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45930(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 54× 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
  2. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-12 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-12 02:00 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-12 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-09 00:22 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-09 00:22 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-09 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-01 11:35 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-01 11:35 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-01 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-29 14:29 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-06-29 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-28 06:52 UTCEG score recompute 5.50
  6. 2026-06-28 06:52 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-06-28 06:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  13. 2026-06-25 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-17 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-13 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-10 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-09 11:29 UTCNVD update
  41. 2026-06-09 11:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  42. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-07 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-04 06:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-01 01:40 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-06-01 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-05-27 14:16 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45930?
CVE-2026-45930 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return…
When was CVE-2026-45930 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45930 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45930 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45930 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45930?
CVE-2026-45930 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45930?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45930, 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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