CVE-2026-74701

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 2026-08-22. 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: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract()

When a packet arrives on an ARPHRD_NONE device (e.g. TUN), ovs_flow_key_extract() trusts the user-provided skb->protocol field: if it is ETH_P_TEB, the packet is classified as MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET and key_extract() is called without ensuring the skb has ETH_HLEN (14) bytes of linear data. key_extract() unconditionally pulls 2 * ETH_ALEN bytes for MAC addresses and parse_ethertype() pulls 2 more, either of which triggers a kernel BUG in __skb_pull() when the linear area is too small.

kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2848! RIP: 0010:key_extract+0xa7e/0xd90 net/openvswitch/flow.c:933 ovs_flow_key_extract+0x419/0xa70 ovs_vport_receive+0x222/0x390 netdev_frame_hook+0x3e0/0x630 tun_get_user+0x2d0c/0x38e0

Fixed by calling check_header() in key_extract() before accessing the Ethernet header.

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 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 (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from 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
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
2nd
KEV
Not listed

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 (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from 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's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” 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 22, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf6f8b29befb92173659bcef6a441d274947bfae
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8cfbb58b85bfa7a78fac47fdc77396cd01f699
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8139285c8925efe59af28a9169bb2fda91bff15
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b60b55652ba772b173dddc63f3851e1d2dd5927
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8bea341b183190ce6c055ab0e64ab78eb9a7290
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831471718f6e19aed1a330b03b53190a90e06466
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f9b09f0ea3ba9ab966dd17e9f32625a14555e9
Web page

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e85278afd4890dd190ba3c7a1b1a712b801c9fe1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74701(2)

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

Patch Availability(6)

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

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (56 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.187-1: fixed in 6.1.187-1
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.107-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (33 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.105-1: fixed in 6.12.105-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (167 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.9-1: fixed in 7.1.9-1
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Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 150× 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 245 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 145 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 07:30 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 07:30 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-13 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  5. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  6. 2026-10-12 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-11 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-11 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  11. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  12. 2026-10-10 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-10 14:30 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-10 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  15. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  16. 2026-10-09 05:19 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-09 05:19 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-09 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  20. 2026-10-08 04:36 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-08 04:36 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-08 04:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  23. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  24. 2026-10-07 06:38 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-07 06:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  1. 2026-10-06 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-06 19:21 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-06 19:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  5. 2026-10-06 07:47 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-06 07:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  7. 2026-10-05 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-05 19:27 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-05 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  10. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  11. 2026-10-05 08:02 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-05 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  13. 2026-10-04 20:45 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-04 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  15. 2026-10-04 06:40 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-04 06:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  17. 2026-10-03 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-03 19:23 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-03 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  20. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  21. 2026-10-03 07:02 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-03 07:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  23. 2026-10-02 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-02 19:45 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-02 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  26. 2026-10-02 08:28 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-02 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  28. 2026-10-01 21:10 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-01 21:10 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-01 21:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  31. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  32. 2026-10-01 07:37 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-01 07:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  34. 2026-09-30 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-30 20:21 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-30 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  37. 2026-09-30 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-30 07:25 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-30 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  40. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  41. 2026-09-29 15:22 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-29 15:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  43. 2026-09-28 22:25 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-28 22:25 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-28 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  46. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  47. 2026-09-28 10:48 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-28 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  49. 2026-09-27 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-27 23:31 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-27 23:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  52. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  53. 2026-09-27 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-27 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  55. 2026-09-27 00:58 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-09-27 00:58 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-27 00:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  58. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  59. 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  60. 2026-09-25 11:47 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-25 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  62. 2026-09-25 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-25 00:30 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-25 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  65. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  66. 2026-09-24 11:21 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-24 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  68. 2026-09-24 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-09-24 00:05 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-24 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  71. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  72. 2026-09-23 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-23 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-6727-4wmg-w3rc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  74. 2026-09-23 01:29 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-09-23 01:29 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74701?
CVE-2026-74701 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 22, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() When a packet arrives on an ARPHRD_NONE device (e.g. TUN), ovsflowkey_extract() trusts the user-provided skb->protocol field: if it is ETHPTEB, the packet is classified…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-74701 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-74701 was published on August 22, 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 August 25, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-74701 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74701 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74701?
CVE-2026-74701 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-2026-74701?
A fix for CVE-2026-74701 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-74701 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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