CVE-2026-89556

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: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

module: validate string table section types

In elf_validity_cache_sechdrs, section sizes and offsets are validated, unless the section type is SHT_NULL or SHT_NOBITS.

Later, elf_validity_cache_secstrings and elf_validity_cache_index_str access the section name table (.shstrtab) and symbol string table (.strtab) headers without first ensuring that their types are SHT_STRTAB. If a section type is SHT_NULL or SHT_NOBITS, sh_offset has not been validated and may reference out-of-bounds memory when dereferenced in elf_validity_cache_secstrings or elf_validity_cache_strtab.

Validate that both string section headers are of type SHT_STRTAB before caching them.

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
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
8th
KEV
Not listed

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

September 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 13, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-89556(1)

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

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (178 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 39× 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.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 8th percentile
  2. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  3. 2026-10-12 14:48 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-11 19:15 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-11 16:32 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  7. 2026-10-11 13:47 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  9. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  10. 2026-10-09 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  11. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  12. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  13. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  14. 2026-10-06 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  15. 2026-10-05 17:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  16. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  17. 2026-10-03 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  18. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  19. 2026-09-30 17:17 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-30 17:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  21. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  22. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  23. 2026-09-27 19:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  24. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  25. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
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  1. 2026-09-24 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  2. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  3. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  4. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  5. 2026-09-21 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  6. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  7. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  8. 2026-09-19 02:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  9. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  10. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  11. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  12. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  13. 2026-09-16 04:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  14. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  15. 2026-09-13 16:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  16. 2026-09-13 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  17. 2026-09-13 07:18 UTCNVD update
  18. 2026-09-13 06:49 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-13 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-whm7-hr5x-2m9w
  20. 2026-09-13 06:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  21. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  22. 2026-09-11 20:36 UTCNVD update
  23. 2026-09-11 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-11 19:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-89556?
CVE-2026-89556 is a vulnerability whose severity is not yet rated; its CVE record was published on September 11, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: module: validate string table section types In elfvaliditycache_sechdrs, section sizes and offsets are validated, unless the section type is SHTNULL or SHTNOBITS. Later, elfvaliditycachesecstrings and elfvaliditycacheindex_str…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-89556 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-89556 was published on September 11, 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 September 13, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-89556 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-89556 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (8th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-89556?
A fix for CVE-2026-89556 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-89556 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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