CVE-2026-23391

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal Templates refer to objects that can go away while packets are sitting in nfqueue refer to: - helper, this can be an issue on module removal. - timeout policy, nfnetlink_cttimeout might remove it. The use of templates with zone and event cache filter are safe, since this just copies values. Flush these enqueued packets in case the template rule gets removed.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f62a218a946b19bb59abdd5361da85fa4606b96b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2d0bae0c9a2a17b6990a2966f5cdce0813d6256

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc57506dd66555899560b9c0f24e813f034e12ec

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb549925875fa06dd155e49db4ac2c5044c30f9c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777d02efe3d630cca4c1b63962cec17c57711325

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b8097cea1923fe82cd598068d0796da8c015ec

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55445134d42b84cb0a272e42c98d233ca65eca83

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19a230dec6bb8928e3f96387f9085cf2c79bcef9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-25

Updated: 2026-04-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024