CVE-2026-90230

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-17. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.7%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: 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:

nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate()

nvmet_execute_auth_send() allocates the DH-HMAC-CHAP message buffer with the host-supplied transfer length (tl) and hands it to nvmet_auth_negotiate() without passing tl along. nvmet_auth_negotiate() then reads the negotiate header and, for each of the halen hash identifiers and dhlen DH group identifiers, indexes into the fixed idlist[60] array (hashes at idlist[0..halen), groups at idlist[30..]).

Neither the transfer length nor halen/dhlen is validated. A malicious or non-conformant host can report a tl smaller than the negotiate structure, or a halen/dhlen larger than the array (both are u8, up to 255), making the loops read past the end of the allocated buffer (heap out-of-bounds read). The sibling nvmet_auth_reply() already validates tl against the structure size; the negotiate path did not.

Pass tl into nvmet_auth_negotiate(), reject a tl that does not cover the negotiate data plus one full protocol descriptor, and reject halen/dhlen larger than NVME_AUTH_DHCHAP_MAX_DH_IDS.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
46
EG Risk 46/100CISA 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
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 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
0.7%
EPSS %ILE
49th
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 total (CVSS ≥ 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 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb96cc218835769ab74ec7f3ea2bf81fbffe955
generic

nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b81e4d2230e3d2d372c826180c4ef0efc244f31
generic

nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38a8186326799957d293d370136c128cd113916
generic

nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaac783950b17c57df9b6f7344747cacb1a407ed
generic

nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89ff11b72f38976f3b5aea23a5228ee05e277209

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90230(2)

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

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 93× in last 7d / 230× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 230 total refreshes for this CVE.

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

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90230?
CVE-2026-90230 is a critical vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmetauthnegotiate() nvmetexecuteauth_send() allocates the DH-HMAC-CHAP message buffer with the host-supplied transfer length (tl) and hands it to nvmetauthnegotiate() without passing tl along.…
When was CVE-2026-90230 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90230 was first published on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90230 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90230 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (49th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90230?
CVE-2026-90230 has a CVSS base score of 9.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90230?
No fix for CVE-2026-90230 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-2026-90230 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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