CVE-2024-26800
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel TLS subsystem during failed backlog decryption.
- Who is affected
- Linux systems with kernel TLS offload enabled.
- Urgency
- High priority; use-after-free in kernel memory can lead to denial of service or privilege escalation.
- Action
- Apply kernel patch fixing the use-after-free in TLS backlog decryption error handling.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.74% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 51% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- highCVE-2024-26800: tls: fix use-after-free on failed backlog decryptionmsrc · 2026-08-06
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