CVE-2026-46244

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46244DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46244
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 30
Modified
Published: 03 Jun 2026, 15:48
Last modified:19 Aug 2026, 12:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.32% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jun 2026, 15:48
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Aug 2026, 12:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_inner: Fix IPv6 inner_thoff desync In nft_inner_parse_l2l3(), when processing inner IPv6 packets, ipv6_find_hdr() correctly computes the transport header offset traversing all extension headers, but the result is immediately overwritten with nhoff + sizeof(_ip6h) (40 bytes), which only accounts for the IPv6 base header. This creates a desync between inner_thoff (wrong — points to extension header start) and l4proto (correct — e.g., IPPROTO_TCP), enabling transport header forgery and potential firewall bypass. This issue affects stable versions from Linux 6.2. For comparison, the normal (non-inner) IPv6 path correctly preserves ipv6_find_hdr()'s result. Removing the incorrect overwrite ensures that ipv6_find_hdr()'s calculated transport header offset is preserved, thereby fixing the desynchronization.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.32%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-823•Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset

    The product performs pointer arithmetic on a valid pointer, but it uses an offset that can point outside of the intended range of valid memory locations for the resulting pointer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 6.12.94-1 | < 7.0.12-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 6.8.0-134.134 | < 6.17.0-40.40 | < 7.0.0-27.27

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 6.8.0-1060.63 | < 6.17.0-1019.19 | < 7.0.0-1008.8

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17

    < 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    < 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all | < 6.8.0-1063.71 | all | < 7.0.0-1010.10

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17

    < 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-7.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | < 6.8.0-1062.69 | all | < 7.0.0-1009.9

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    < 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 6.8.0-1026.30

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 6.8.0-134.134+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all | < 6.8.0-1063.69 | < 6.17.0-1020.22 | < 7.0.0-1007.7

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.17

    < 6.17.0-1020.22~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    all

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References (47)