CVE-2026-43028

high

Published 2026-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-08

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CVSS v3

7.1

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated Reject names that lack a \0 character before feeding them to functions that expect c-strings. Fixes tag is the most recent commit that needs this change.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

70%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.170-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.19.12-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.19.12-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.85-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`6.1.170-1~deb11u1`
linux-kernel		affected	`5.10.253`
linux-kernel	7.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	gcp

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.