CVE-2026-43383

critical

Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-26

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CVSS v3

9.4

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant time. Use the appropriate helper function for this.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

95%

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	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.257-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.19.10-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.19.10-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.85-1`
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.