CVE-2026-89873

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-16. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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

media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts

The HEVC SPS control carries the short-term and long-term RPS counts that decoder drivers use to walk the matching EXT SPS dynamic arrays. Reject SPS values that exceed the HEVC limits of 64 short-term sets and 32 long-term references so drivers cannot later index beyond those controls.

Also reject EXT SPS ST RPS entries whose negative or positive picture counts exceed the 16-entry arrays, or whose combined delta-POC count exceeds the HEVC DPB maximum.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

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%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/796b5c6d4f1615d59d5d8fe5a38fae6bfdfe878e
generic

media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30f85a7c59113a8844b276efc010085a34f912e9

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-89873(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 27× in last 7d / 79× 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. 2026-10-05 01:19 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-04 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-02 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-01 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-10-01 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 22:46 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-30 22:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-30 11:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-30 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-30 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-29 09:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-28 22:59 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-28 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-28 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-28 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-27 14:11 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-27 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-27 03:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-26 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-26 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 05:23 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-26 05:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-25 18:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-25 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-24 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-24 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-24 09:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-23 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-23 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-23 00:32 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-23 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-22 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-22 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-22 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-21 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-21 04:48 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-21 04:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-09-20 17:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-20 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-19 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-19 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-19 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-18 21:57 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-18 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-09-18 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-18 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-18 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-09-17 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-17 02:15 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-09-17 02:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-16 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-16 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-16 14:48 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  50. 2026-09-16 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-16 14:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  52. 2026-09-16 11:21 UTCNVD update
  53. 2026-09-16 10:40 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-09-16 10:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-89873?
CVE-2026-89873 is a high vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts The HEVC SPS control carries the short-term and long-term RPS counts that decoder drivers use to walk the matching EXT SPS dynamic arrays. Reject SPS values that exceed the HEVC…
When was CVE-2026-89873 disclosed?
CVE-2026-89873 was first published on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-89873 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-89873 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (5th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-89873?
CVE-2026-89873 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-2026-89873?
No fix for CVE-2026-89873 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-89873 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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