CVE-2026-68457

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: 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:

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations

SET_SPARSE, SET_ZERO_DATA and SET_COMPRESSION operate on an open SMB handle but call VFS xattr, fallocate or fileattr helpers with the current ksmbd worker credentials. Those helpers can revalidate inode permissions, ownership and LSM policy independently of the SMB handle access mask.

Run each operation with the credentials captured in the target file when the handle was opened. Keep credential handling local to these single-file FSCTLs rather than applying session credentials to the complete IOCTL handler, which also contains handle-less and multi-handle operations.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(high)
EG Risk
46(Track)
EG Risk 46/100SSVC: 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
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
40%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 18, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1cae6302d58414ddf029e3f642711bd30243f7
generic

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e205f3e7e8c31a47cd11efb6cf663a527177e432
generic

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfb2c6f71d61ed807c9d7a7af331d406f1f31877
generic

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6394bcaf254c5baf9aff43376020be5db6d3316
generic

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8c18434e1f0d9f7989170bdb0490c0160baf065
generic

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e112c47ec5dd1942e2d4ca6e8e9b712238e20c2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68457(1)

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 48× 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 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 02:10 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-21 02:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 13:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 04:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-19 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 10:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-19 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-19 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-18 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-18 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-18 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-18 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
Show 23 more
  1. 2026-08-18 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-18 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-17 19:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 15:12 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 10:51 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-17 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 06:01 UTCEG score recompute 9.10
  14. 2026-08-17 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.1 · severity → CRITICAL
  16. 2026-08-17 05:35 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-15 06:20 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-08-15 06:20 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68457?
CVE-2026-68457 is a critical vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations SETSPARSE, SETZERODATA and SETCOMPRESSION operate on an open SMB handle but call VFS xattr, fallocate or fileattr helpers with the current ksmbd worker credentials. Those helpers…
When was CVE-2026-68457 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68457 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68457 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68457 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 60.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68457?
CVE-2026-68457 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68457?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68457, 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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