CVE-2026-72049

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 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:

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations

In net/ieee802154/netlink.c, the legacy IEEE802154_NL family ops table builds the LLSEC dump entries (LLSEC_LIST_KEY, LLSEC_LIST_DEV, LLSEC_LIST_DEVKEY, LLSEC_LIST_SECLEVEL) with IEEE802154_DUMP() which sets no .flags, so generic netlink runs them ungated. The modern nl802154 family admin-gates the equivalent reads via NL802154_CMD_GET_SEC_KEY and friends with .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM.

Any local uid that can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_GENERIC can resolve the "802.15.4 MAC" family and dump LLSEC_LIST_KEY on any wpan netdev that has an LLSEC key installed; the dump handler writes the raw 16-byte AES-128 key bytes (IEEE802154_ATTR_LLSEC_KEY_BYTES, copied verbatim from struct ieee802154_llsec_key.key) into the reply. Recovering the AES key compromises 802.15.4 LLSEC link confidentiality and authenticity, since LLSEC uses CCM* and the same key authenticates and encrypts frames.

Impact: any local uid with no capabilities can read the raw 16-byte AES-128 LLSEC key from the kernel keytable on any wpan netdev that has an administrator-installed LLSEC key, by issuing an LLSEC_LIST_KEY dump on the legacy IEEE802154_NL generic-netlink family.

Introduce IEEE802154_DUMP_PRIV() mirroring IEEE802154_DUMP() but setting .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and use it for the four LLSEC dump entries. LIST_PHY and LIST_IFACE retain IEEE802154_DUMP() because the modern nl802154 family exposes their equivalents to unprivileged readers by design (NL802154_CMD_GET_WPAN_PHY and NL802154_CMD_GET_INTERFACE carry "can be retrieved by unprivileged users" annotations).

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 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

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

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e84708ef7521f3bffc85a449954042018abbd60e
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dffe745760f38fac0b8288e0dc4759b23d9888ff
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1e0b6d49471a712511d23fc9d06901561135e8
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6383248058956f2a52d720b1e9f8921099cdae04
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abe94a205539d27945cda3ba43fdcfe295cf2c8
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3465035ba18b1ed50f8d201897d14135d20532b0
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1905ebabe638c946aced00c4bb664da26cac56d5
generic

ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09fd25cd8cd80a6b3edef04e53a7324d06ac2180

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72049(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 28× in last 7d / 28× 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 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-19 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-19 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 08:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 20:04 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 20:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 19:02 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-17 06:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 06:01 UTCEG score recompute 7.10
  17. 2026-08-17 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
  19. 2026-08-17 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-17 05:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  22. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-15 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
Show 3 more
  1. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  2. 2026-08-15 06:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72049?
CVE-2026-72049 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations In net/ieee802154/netlink.c, the legacy IEEE802154_NL family ops table builds the LLSEC dump entries (LLSECLISTKEY, LLSECLISTDEV, LLSECLISTDEVKEY, LLSECLISTSECLEVEL) with…
When was CVE-2026-72049 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72049 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 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-2026-72049 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72049 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 94.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72049?
CVE-2026-72049 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72049?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72049, 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.

Dependency Blast Radius

Explore the affected products and dependency analysis for CVE-2026-72049

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2026-72049?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.