CVE-2026-74709

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 3 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS v2: —Exploit: 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:

xsk: clear metadata pointer when no timestamp is requested

User space can change metadata flags after request processing. Rereading them during completion can therefore make the kernel write a timestamp that was not requested when the packet was submitted.

Clear the metadata pointer during request processing unless timestamp completion is requested. Completion handling can then use the pointer itself instead of rereading the flags.

On the mlx5 multi-packet WQE path metadata is evaluated per batch: xsk_tx_metadata_request() runs only for the descriptor that starts a session, just like the checksum offload that is applied once through the shared WQE. Only that descriptor's pointer is reset, so completion handling can record a timestamp for the other descriptors of the session regardless of their own XDP_TXMD_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP bit. The write stays inside the metadata area; the single-WQE, other zero-copy, and generic paths reset the pointer per descriptor and are unaffected.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 22, 2026

Last Modified

August 22, 2026

References (3)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74709(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 9× in last 7d / 12× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-25 18:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-25 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-22 16:24 UTCNVD update
  11. 2026-08-22 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-22 15:35 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-74709?
CVE-2026-74709 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on August 22, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: clear metadata pointer when no timestamp is requested User space can change metadata flags after request processing. Rereading them during completion can therefore make the kernel write a timestamp that was not requested when…
When was CVE-2026-74709 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74709 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74709 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74709 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 93.8% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74709?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74709, 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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