7.5

CVE-2022-36946: debian debian_linux

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36946USN-5590-1USN-5634-1
Published 27-07-2022Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-36946 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 8.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 9% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
8.87%
0%100%
Low · +1.24 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 51 · Related 41

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because, in the case of an nf_queue verdict with a one-byte nfta_payload attribute, an skb_pull can encounter a negative skb->len.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

8.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +1.24 pp

From 7.63% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu84 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-234.268 | < 4.15.0-193.204 | < 5.4.0-126.142 | < 5.15.0-48.54
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1113.119 | < 4.4.0-1150.165 | < 4.15.0-1141.152 | < 5.4.0-1085.92 | < 5.15.0-1020.24
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
Netapp5 products
Debian2 products
Linux1 product
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.14, < 4.9.326 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.291 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.255 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.209 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.135 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.59 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.18.16

4 vendors · 92 products

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