CVE-2026-74270

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

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, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: 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:

handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command

ACCEPT and DONE are the two downcalls of the handshake genl family, both intended for use by the trusted handshake agent (tlshd). ACCEPT already requires GENL_ADMIN_PERM; DONE has no privilege check at all.

The fd-lookup in handshake_nl_done_doit() only confirms that some pending handshake request exists for the supplied sockfd; it does not authenticate the sender. An unprivileged process that guesses or observes a valid sockfd can therefore submit a DONE with HANDSHAKE_A_DONE_STATUS == 0, leaving the kernel consumer to proceed as if the handshake succeeded. A non-zero status on a forged DONE tears down a legitimate in-flight handshake before tlshd can report its real result.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
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

handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6557f912509abe8e70223373dd7a44d1d4a0d6c
generic

handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81246a65303d9635266b1334490142caaf86a11f
generic

handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67cec2f1eb9e58719d622e92e2278ceda72dbd85
generic

handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dafc411948469277b276724c3b2b4408c02c04c
generic

handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25fb53e43ec006ac69b9e825a7e8a11d63a6083e

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74270(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 31× in last 7d / 31× 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 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 00:52 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 00:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 13:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 15:35 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:56 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  21. 2026-08-17 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  23. 2026-08-17 05:27 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 05:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
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  1. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  5. 2026-08-15 06:17 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-15 06:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74270?
CVE-2026-74270 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: handshake: Require admin permission for DONE command ACCEPT and DONE are the two downcalls of the handshake genl family, both intended for use by the trusted handshake agent (tlshd). ACCEPT already requires GENLADMINPERM; DONE has…
When was CVE-2026-74270 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74270 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-2026-74270 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74270 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 97.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74270?
CVE-2026-74270 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74270?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74270, 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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