CVE-2026-68229

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: 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:

media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries

Cedrus consumes H.264 ref_pic_list0/ref_pic_list1 entries from the stateless slice control and later uses their indices to look up decode->dpb[] in _cedrus_write_ref_list().

Rejecting such controls in cedrus_try_ctrl() would break existing userspace, since stateless H.264 reference lists may legitimately carry out-of-range indices for missing references. Instead, guard the actual DPB lookup in Cedrus and skip entries whose indices do not fit the fixed V4L2_H264_NUM_DPB_ENTRIES array.

This keeps the fix local to the driver use site and avoids out-of-bounds reads from malformed or unsupported reference list entries.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: 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
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

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

media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e53112c2de88982e66c369aee2120d5efd78df30
generic

media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9924cb548ee7753a6473997949c3ec48092de0b0
generic

media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ee8327c85b3ac7b532d2d6a1e3a295d5ad7414a
generic

media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10358ea986c3c85516d1c8206486464f79d36e76
generic

media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af8945fcae742d099f59f3c725eb67235953a31

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68229(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 33× in last 7d / 45× 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. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 06:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 21:40 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 21:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 19:20 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 19:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 05:38 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 05:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:08 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 15:47 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-16 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-16 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-16 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 14:04 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-15 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-15 01:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-14 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-14 12:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 23:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-13 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-13 22:44 UTCEG score recompute 7.10
  12. 2026-08-13 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-13 22:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
  14. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-13 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-13 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-08-10 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68229?
CVE-2026-68229 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries Cedrus consumes H.264 refpiclist0/refpiclist1 entries from the stateless slice control and later uses their indices to look up decode->dpb[] in cedruswritereflist().…
When was CVE-2026-68229 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68229 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68229 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68229 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 94.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68229?
CVE-2026-68229 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68229?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68229, 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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