What is CVE-2026-54872?

CVE-2026-54872 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Low severity. Timing Side-Channel in Scalar Multiplication for Non-NIST EC Curves

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-54872 cover?

CVE-2026-54872 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-54872. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-54872?

CVE-2026-54872 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-54872?

CVE-2026-54872 affects 5 products, including: azl3 cloud-hypervisor 52.0.152-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 kata-containers 4.1.0.kata0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 qemu 10.1.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 rust 1.75.0-31 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 rust 1.96.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-54872LowCVSS 3.7

Timing Side-Channel in Scalar Multiplication for Non-NIST EC Curves

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

October 3, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-54872 →

🎯 Affected products5

azl3 cloud-hypervisor 52.0.152-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 kata-containers 4.1.0.kata0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 qemu 10.1.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 rust 1.75.0-31 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 rust 1.96.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBRelease Notes (Security Update)

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54872
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade