CVE-2026-63952

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-19. The CNA's CVSS baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: the CNA's CVSS, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE

When SEAL_EXEC is added, SEAL_WRITE is implied to make W^X. But the implied seal is set after the check that makes sure the memfd can not have any writable mappings. This means one can use SEAL_EXEC to apply SEAL_WRITE while having writeable mappings.

This breaks the contract that SEAL_WRITE provides and can be used by an attacker to pass a memfd that appears to be write sealed but can still be modified arbitrarily.

Fix this by adding the implied seals before the call for mapping_deny_writable() is done.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
38
EG Risk 38/100

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 (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity84% × 45%
The EG Score, 8.4 of 10.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f4f82d1315f1439059a83d1c22c51a5b43d99e
Web page

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/555702282d4536a865dfffb1cd4f6028f196e7e8
Web page

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be2a24f7f72ad7321ed6ad1715b956a4527bcf4
Web page

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b041514cb6eae45869b020f743c14d983363222
Web page

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0995d1f79aed8ccbf62056189dd53fd19726ea08

Patch Availability(19)

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

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 (27 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.94-1: fixed in 6.12.94-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1 (142 versions)
  • every version up to 7.0.12-1: fixed in 7.0.12-1
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Additional Vendor Advisories

(15)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 290 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 190 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 11:47 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-13 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  5. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  6. 2026-10-12 15:48 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
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  10. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  19. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  20. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  21. 2026-10-01 08:50 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-01 08:50 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-01 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  24. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  25. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  1. 2026-09-28 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-28 07:27 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-28 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  4. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  5. 2026-09-24 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-24 03:44 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-24 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  8. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  9. 2026-09-23 02:08 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-23 02:08 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-23 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  12. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  13. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  14. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  17. 2026-09-17 05:35 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-17 05:35 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-17 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  20. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  21. 2026-09-16 13:06 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-16 13:06 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-16 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  24. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  25. 2026-09-14 04:52 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-14 04:52 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-14 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  28. 2026-09-13 16:12 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-13 16:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  30. 2026-09-13 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-13 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-13 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  33. 2026-09-12 10:09 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-12 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  35. 2026-09-11 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-11 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-11 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  38. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  41. 2026-09-07 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-07 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-07 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  44. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  46. 2026-09-06 12:58 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-06 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  48. 2026-09-05 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-09-05 20:07 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-05 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  51. 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  56. 2026-08-31 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-31 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-31 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  59. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  60. 2026-08-30 15:39 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-30 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  62. 2026-08-30 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-30 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-30 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  65. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  67. 2026-08-28 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-08-28 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-08-28 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  70. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  71. 2026-08-27 13:14 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-27 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4
  73. 2026-08-27 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-08-27 00:30 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-27 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6pc4-h32v-99rg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.4

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-63952?
CVE-2026-63952 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 19, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE When SEALEXEC is added, SEALWRITE is implied to make W^X. But the implied seal is set after the check that makes sure the memfd can not have any writable mappings. This means…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-63952 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-63952 was published on July 19, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of August 5, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-63952 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-63952 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (5th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-63952?
CVE-2026-63952 has a CVSS base score of 8.4 (the CNA's own assessment, by linux; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-63952?
A fix for CVE-2026-63952 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-63952 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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