CVE-2026-53390

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl()

The permission-check ACE walk in smb_check_perm_dacl() validates the ACE header size and caps sid.num_subauth at SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES, but it never checks that ace->size is actually large enough to contain num_subauth sub-authorities before compare_sids() dereferences them.

CIFS_SID_BASE_SIZE covers the SID header up to but excluding the sub_auth[] array, and offsetof(struct smb_ace, sid) is the ACE header, so the existing guards only guarantee the 8-byte SID base, i.e. zero sub-authorities. compare_sids() then reads ace->sid.sub_auth[i] for i < min(local_sid->num_subauth, ace->sid.num_subauth). The local comparison SIDs (sid_everyone, sid_unix_NFS_mode, and the id_to_sid() result) always have at least one sub-authority, and an attacker controls the ACE revision and authority bytes (which lie within the in-bounds SID base), so they can match one of those SIDs and force the sub_auth read.

A crafted ACE with size == 16 and num_subauth >= 1 placed at the tail of the security descriptor therefore causes a heap out-of-bounds read of up to SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES * sizeof(__le32) bytes past the pntsd allocation. The security descriptor is loaded by ksmbd_vfs_get_sd_xattr() into a buffer sized exactly to the on-disk data (kzalloc(sd_size) in ndr_decode_v4_ntacl()), so the read lands past the allocation. The malformed descriptor can be stored verbatim via SMB2_SET_INFO (the DACL is not normalised before being written to the security.NTACL xattr) and the read fires on a subsequent SMB2_CREATE access check, making this reachable by an authenticated client on a share that uses ACL xattrs.

Add the missing num_subauth-versus-ace_size check, mirroring the identical guards already present in the sibling parsers parse_dacl() and smb_inherit_dacl().

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
39%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jul 21, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e36e35660adb9b8ef1435ac359151dda5f094c55
generic

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5c81a095c86fe507c032d08f3a8cfc518444927
generic

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/988c93d3bba066d8669143e6ec30bb2be9608d53
generic

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7627ff8c4f9919f14de562b0160ab4ec9d80b1f7
generic

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36599894fa8536fefdf1e296c0af71b8b7226859
generic

ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smb_check_perm_dacl() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ef06004ed4bd6d3ed8c840d9d1a376b66d4935b

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53390(2)

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

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-26.04-edge (7.0.0-31.31) @ resolute2026-09-07ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1) @ noble2026-09-07ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-7.0 (7.0.0-1013.13) @ resolute2026-09-07ubuntu

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.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.176-1~deb11u1 (21 versions)6.1.177-1~deb11u1
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (54 versions)6.1.177-1
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 (29 versions)6.12.95-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (156 versions)7.1.3-1

Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

(3)

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

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53390?
CVE-2026-53390 is a high vulnerability published on July 19, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds read in smbcheckperm_dacl() The permission-check ACE walk in smbcheckperm_dacl() validates the ACE header size and caps sid.numsubauth at SIDMAXSUBAUTHORITIES, but it never checks that ace->size is actually…
When was CVE-2026-53390 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53390 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53390 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53390 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 60.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53390?
CVE-2026-53390 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53390?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53390, 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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