CVE-2026-98152

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: 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-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded

When pending disconnecting queues exceed the backlog limit, the connect path only drops the device reference and leaks the newly allocated queue and its IB resources.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
29
EG Risk 29/100CISA 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
Severity55% × 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
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
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 25, 2026

Last Modified

October 2, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Oct 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1ed67788e21832b614c23767a088c08cfdd2f2
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e48f9d1076f8c62c3969588d638602b94aaeff12
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d56bf0b14d3c545bacb9aeef92a7e6f2cf0caa
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f7cf573cdf0ee857448b9b1967d686b07c71e7d
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32e598324edc3ebb1ac9362d5b9fc30ce0de4873
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/287420cde9d6669abcd2878c344db67423eb7df6
generic

nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186414a6a1a34e081b07e8873622f90402346235

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98152(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 20× 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. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 14:18 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 14:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-02 15:23 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  6. 2026-10-02 15:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-02 15:22 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  8. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-30 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-30 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-28 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-28 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-25 11:30 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-09-25 10:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-25 10:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-98152?
CVE-2026-98152 is a medium vulnerability published on September 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-rdma: fix queue leak when connect backlog is exceeded When pending disconnecting queues exceed the backlog limit, the connect path only drops the device reference and leaks the newly allocated queue and its IB resources.
When was CVE-2026-98152 disclosed?
CVE-2026-98152 was first published on September 25, 2026, with the most recent update on October 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-98152 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98152 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-98152?
CVE-2026-98152 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98152?
No fix for CVE-2026-98152 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-2026-98152 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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