CVE-2026-72065

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: 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:

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC

Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by the NIC device and should not be blindly trusted.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
49%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

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

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d13eaa13341a8f80aaf86f78591e1b1d393711d
generic

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6080189291d958604dcefe513a13900835ac982f
generic

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2a83b4998af4384e677d3b2ac08565274279bf
generic

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e276b14b6d378372bf0152df89286cbe7632fb0
generic

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282c5214ca4eb3799158c76782646e86d2945d1b

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72065(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 50× in last 7d / 50× 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 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 05:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-21 01:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-21 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-20 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 17:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-20 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-20 02:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 18:25 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-19 18:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-19 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-19 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-19 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-19 02:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-18 22:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 18:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 14:58 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-18 14:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-18 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-18 06:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 02:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-17 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 13:58 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 13:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 10:10 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-17 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 06:22 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 06:00 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.80
  14. 2026-08-17 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
  16. 2026-08-17 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 05:34 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. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-15 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  24. 2026-08-15 06:18 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72065?
CVE-2026-72065 is a critical vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by the NIC device and should not be blindly trusted.
When was CVE-2026-72065 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72065 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-2026-72065 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72065 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 51.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72065?
CVE-2026-72065 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72065?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72065, 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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