CVE-2026-45995

HIGHNVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-27. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

io_uring/zcrx: fix user_struct uaf

io_free_rbuf_ring() usees a struct user_struct, which io_zcrx_ifq_free() puts it down before destroying the ring.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EPSS
2.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 16, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

io_uring/zcrx: fix user_struct uaf - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9feb88eeda6d288f93fcfb6bca563f89e316479d
generic

io_uring/zcrx: fix user_struct uaf - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fcccfd87152f957fa8312b841f6efef42a05a20

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45995(1)

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

Patch Availability(4)

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

(4)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 46× 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. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-11 23:55 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-11 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-09 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-01 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-30 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-29 14:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-28 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-28 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-27 18:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-27 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-26 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-26 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-25 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-06-25 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-18 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-17 12:33 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  25. 2026-06-17 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-16 13:46 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  28. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-14 23:28 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  30. 2026-06-14 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-10 22:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-07 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  49. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-04 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-01 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  58. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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  62. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-05-27 14:12 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45995?
CVE-2026-45995 is a high vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring/zcrx: fix userstruct uaf iofreerbufring() usees a struct userstruct, which iozcrxifq_free() puts it down before destroying the ring.
When was CVE-2026-45995 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45995 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45995 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45995 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45995?
CVE-2026-45995 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45995?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45995, 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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