CVE-2026-68294

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM 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 — Patch released 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: 0.2%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace

QRTR keeps its entire port and node state in module-global variables that are not partitioned per network namespace: qrtr_local_nid is a single global node id (always 1) and qrtr_ports is a single global xarray. qrtr_port_lookup() and qrtr_local_enqueue() operate on that global state with no network-namespace check, and qrtr_create() places no restriction on the namespace a socket is created in.

As a result an unprivileged process that creates an AF_QIPCRTR socket in a separate network namespace, e.g. via unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET), can send QRTR datagrams - including control-plane messages such as QRTR_TYPE_NEW_SERVER - to QRTR sockets owned by another namespace, and vice versa. The receiving socket sees such a message as coming from node id 1, indistinguishable from a legitimate local client, breaking the isolation that network namespaces are expected to provide.

QRTR is a transport to global hardware endpoints (the modem and other remote processors) and has no per-namespace semantics; its in-kernel name service already creates its socket in init_net only. Confine the socket family to the initial network namespace, as other non-namespace-aware socket families do (see llc_ui_create() and the ieee802154 socket code).

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100CISA SSVC

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%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
Patch available.
generic

net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f488116df769bdaf89c93371350e49e12133e70f
generic

net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8150c48fb978e01689f94ed80148f8a7499ae571
generic

net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/659b9b4f194bb56b9903cc95e786ef1d438baa7d
generic

net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b95e1f0d6e6342c427cb341ee18a894b146b789
generic

net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b536db8fb32da9e9c62f2bb45e2e319331f0426

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.146.1.el9_62026-10-01redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.153.1.el9_42026-09-30redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.56.1.el10_22026-09-17redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.163.1.rt7.504.el8_102026-09-15redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.48.1.el9_82026-09-15redhat

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 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (56 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.187-1: fixed in 6.1.187-1
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.101-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (32 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.101-1: fixed in 6.12.101-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (161 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.6-1: fixed in 7.1.6-1
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Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 140× 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.

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  1. 2026-10-05 07:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 07:50 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-05 07:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-10-04 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-10-03 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-09-29 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68294?
CVE-2026-68294 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: restrict socket creation to the initial network namespace QRTR keeps its entire port and node state in module-global variables that are not partitioned per network namespace: qrtrlocalnid is a single global node id…
When was CVE-2026-68294 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68294 was first published 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-2026-68294 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68294 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-2026-68294?
CVE-2026-68294 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68294?
A fix for CVE-2026-68294 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-68294 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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