5.5

CVE-2026-23241: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23241DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23241
Published 17-03-2026Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-23241 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 25
MGASA-2026-0097MGASA-2026-0098USN-8492-1USN-8492-2USN-8492-3USN-8492-4

Timeline

  1. 17-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add missing syscalls to read class The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-134.134
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1060.63
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394, < a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f | ≥ 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394, < ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf | ≥ 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394, < bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd | 6.13
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.16 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.19.6-1

3 vendors · 160 products

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