8.4

CVE-2026-81004: linux

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004DEBIAN-CVE-2026-81004
Published 11-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-81004 is a high (CVSS 8.4) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.18%
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 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi:msghandler: Cancel work cleanly on an error If an error occurs during startup of an IPMI interface, it may have scheduled work to run. The work needs to be canceled before the interface can be freed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

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

Ubuntu118 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 7.2.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ edb6c2118293c1fba9cd11ca80ed043d2411a7e5, < 99692252b348c11377fd0cdd66b6b18f3b22758e | ≥ 62cd145453d577113f993efd025f258dd86aa183, < a496c51dd3257ed7e00873af2ad9bb22c3ddc4cf | ≥ 62cd145453d577113f993efd025f258dd86aa183, < ae84a2536577057e97f23f75a202e26d0e86cf01 | 5199fc5dc9c519115457406009fcefd50721c995 | ≥ 6.18.20, < 6.18.50 | ≥ 6.19.10, < 6.20 | 7.0

3 vendors · 120 products

References

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