CVE-2026-43403

high
Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-21
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls Even privileged services should not necessarily be able to see other privileged service's namespaces so they can't leak information to each other. Use may_see_all_namespaces() helper that centralizes this policy until the nstree adapts.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43403

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43403.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b899f08066e744f89df16ceb782e06868bd148

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3376b345df155ca36d8611857b41ff7d5183fc38

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3dea284c761c890d676f77d5e55c0c496b4ef4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ad650e60150eda789deca5e78a6a09d26bf8fc9

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed6.19.10-1
debian debiansidfixed6.19.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.12.85-1
linux linux-kernelaffected6.12.78
linux linux-kernel7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlegcp

References

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