CVE-2026-72232

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX

As documented in commit 8bd67ebb50c0 ("net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes"), it is possible by for a local user with eBPF TC hook access to attach a tc filter which truncates the packet and redirects to an batadv interface. But the code assumes that at least ETH_HLEN bytes are available and thus might read outside of the available buffer.

The batadv_interface_tx() must therefore always check itself if enough data is available for the ethernet header and don't rely on min_header_len.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

October 16, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6640923afee619d9fa82b07394dc9498e202304
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbeb4145d9778f922f459935da9a027750765a69
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e16b6751a8206de0b865d99bb02771e6751d12d
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/811fea37620f2097955d95ce81cfdba03fd30f1b
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b4f521e01257387906f8b969ad3450d8208d4e2
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58799078afebd5115e052bf69ad6697f9759dd6f
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49df66b7993c80b80c7eb9a84ba5b3410c8296a0
Web page

batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cd10b0aeec755d89f78722a2b83f4088ff0cb0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72232(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

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

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (55 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.180-1: fixed in 6.1.180-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (31 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.100-1: fixed in 6.12.100-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (160 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.5-1: fixed in 7.1.5-1
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All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 78× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 218 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 118 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  2. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  3. 2026-10-18 03:16 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  5. 2026-10-16 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-16 19:33 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-16 19:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-16 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-16 18:54 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-16 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  11. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  12. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
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  14. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  15. 2026-10-13 08:17 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-13 08:17 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-13 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  18. 2026-10-12 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-11 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
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  22. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  2. 2026-10-06 22:44 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-06 22:44 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-06 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  5. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  6. 2026-10-06 09:16 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-06 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  9. 2026-10-05 12:39 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-05 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  11. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  12. 2026-10-04 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  13. 2026-10-04 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  14. 2026-10-03 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-03 19:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  16. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  17. 2026-10-02 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-02 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-10-02 07:13 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-02 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  21. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  22. 2026-10-01 08:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  23. 2026-09-30 21:11 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-30 21:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  25. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  26. 2026-09-29 00:32 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-29 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  28. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  29. 2026-09-28 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  30. 2026-09-27 23:08 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-27 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  32. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  34. 2026-09-27 08:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  35. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
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  37. 2026-09-25 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  38. 2026-09-24 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  40. 2026-09-23 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  41. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  42. 2026-09-23 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  44. 2026-09-22 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  46. 2026-09-22 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  47. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  48. 2026-09-21 20:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  49. 2026-09-21 09:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  50. 2026-09-20 21:47 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-20 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  52. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  53. 2026-09-20 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  55. 2026-09-19 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  56. 2026-09-19 11:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  58. 2026-09-18 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  59. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  60. 2026-09-18 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  61. 2026-09-18 00:22 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-09-18 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  63. 2026-09-17 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  65. 2026-09-16 23:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  68. 2026-09-16 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  69. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  70. 2026-09-15 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  72. 2026-09-15 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  73. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  74. 2026-09-14 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-348f-jxjq-8xpv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72232?
CVE-2026-72232 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: ensure minimal ethernet header on TX As documented in commit 8bd67ebb50c0 ("net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes"), it is possible by for a local user with eBPF TC hook access to attach a…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-72232 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-72232 was published on August 15, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 16, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-72232 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72232 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72232?
CVE-2026-72232 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72232?
A fix for CVE-2026-72232 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-72232 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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