CVE-2026-68376

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. 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

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:

sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie

The auth_hmacs array in struct sctp_cookie is supposed to store a complete SCTP_AUTH_HMAC_ALGO parameter, which consists of a struct sctp_paramhdr followed by N HMAC identifiers.

However, the array size was calculated using an extra 2 bytes instead of sizeof(struct sctp_paramhdr), which is 4 bytes. When four HMAC identifiers are configured, the HMAC-ALGO parameter stored in the endpoint is larger than the auth_hmacs buffer in the cookie.

As a result, sctp_association_init() copies beyond the end of auth_hmacs when initializing the association, corrupting the adjacent auth_chunks field. This can lead to an invalid HMAC identifier being accepted and later cause an out-of-bounds read in sctp_auth_get_hmac().

Fix the array size calculation by including the full SCTP parameter header size.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
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

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

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

sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b5252a59383b77d1b8dbeda00b7184dd95f4d3
generic

sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0a59ba58578e2b330fff80a44fe519f3ba7d8c7
generic

sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d20ba0ab518c9ccbcde258f25fc1ee6e51d5db
generic

sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa40c3bccac2312ea7cf97f329190637f972b5d
generic

sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4414e43e0861d67276031cc21401d7e87de3da

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68376(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 36× in last 7d / 48× 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 05:31 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 05:31 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-21 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 05:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:49 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-19 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-19 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-18 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-18 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-17 06:32 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-17 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-17 05:36 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-16 23:08 UTCEG score recompute
Show 23 more
  1. 2026-08-16 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-16 11:13 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-16 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-15 23:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-15 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-15 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-14 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-14 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-14 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-13 23:44 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-13 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-13 23:04 UTCEG score recompute 8.10
  15. 2026-08-13 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-13 23:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
  17. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-13 15:01 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-13 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-08-10 12:18 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68376?
CVE-2026-68376 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix authhmacs array size in struct sctpcookie The authhmacs array in struct sctpcookie is supposed to store a complete SCTPAUTHHMACALGO parameter, which consists of a struct sctpparamhdr followed by N HMAC identifiers.…
When was CVE-2026-68376 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68376 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-2026-68376 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68376 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 60.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68376?
CVE-2026-68376 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68376?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68376, 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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