CVE-2026-53262
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability requires holding a reference to the session in pppol2tp_ioctl.
- Who is affected
- Deployments using L2TP may be affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the high severity rating of 7.8.
- Action
- Apply the necessary patches as they become available.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- highCVE-2026-53262: l2tp: pppol2tp: hold reference to session in pppol2tp_ioctl()msrc · 2026-06-09
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