CVE-2026-23428
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel to perform, among other things, a denial of service attack or to bypass security mechanisms.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel to perform, among other things, a denial of service attack or to bypass security mechanisms.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of the Linux Kernel are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for denial of service and security bypass.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of the Linux Kernel.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.33% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 25% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (17)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple Vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- highUSN-8619-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-28
- unknownUSN-8547-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-28
- highUSN-8609-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- highUSN-8607-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- highUSN-8606-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- unknownUSN-8605-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- unknownUSN-8604-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- unknownUSN-8490-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-17
- unknownUSN-8490-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-17
- unknownUSN-8547-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-15
- unknownUSN-8546-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-15
- unknownUSN-8545-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-15
- unknownexploitedUSN-8528-1: Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-10
- unknownUSN-8527-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-10
- unknownUSN-8492-5: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-10
- unknownUSN-8492-4: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-09
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