CVE-2026-68097

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 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:

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities

set_ntacl_dacl() validates sid.num_subauth before copying an ACE, but does not verify that the declared ACE size contains all sub-authorities described by that field. An undersized ACE can therefore be copied and later make the POSIX ACL deduplication walk inspect data beyond the copied ACE boundary.

The existing initial bound check is also too small. It only ensures that the ACE size field is accessible before set_ntacl_dacl() reads sid.num_subauth farther into the input buffer.

Require enough input for the fixed SID header before accessing num_subauth, reject ACEs smaller than that header, and skip ACEs whose declared size cannot contain the complete SID. This makes the validation consistent with the other ACE walk paths.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7cb5bf0855470799f12da825de91e48951b3876
generic

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d80d7c2d9428085e7458ad4c06ca8c0984039b
generic

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61fd3559199f7fa693dcbff35e59477e24af041a
generic

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5152c6d49e3fd4e9f2e857c57527aead752f1f87
generic

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/337022d9dfac441c3b35e4455a51aa981996e02e

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68097(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 31× 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. 2026-08-21 02:15 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 02:15 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-21 02:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 23:51 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 21:40 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 21:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 05:41 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-17 05:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-17 05:12 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-17 05:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 03:52 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 03:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
Show 21 more
  1. 2026-08-15 14:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 01:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-15 01:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-14 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-14 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-13 23:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 22:46 UTCEG score recompute 8.80
  10. 2026-08-13 22:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-13 22:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  12. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-13 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-13 00:22 UTCNVD update
  15. 2026-08-13 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-13 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-13 00:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  18. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  20. 2026-08-10 12:22 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68097?
CVE-2026-68097 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities setntacldacl() validates sid.num_subauth before copying an ACE, but does not verify that the declared ACE size contains all sub-authorities described by that field. An undersized…
When was CVE-2026-68097 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68097 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 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-2026-68097 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68097 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 65.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68097?
CVE-2026-68097 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68097?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68097, 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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