6.5

CVE-2026-86845: dpdk Expired Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2026-86845UBUNTU-CVE-2026-86845
Published 14-10-2026Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-86845 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Expired Pointer Dereference vulnerability in dpdk. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12151-1

Timeline

  1. 14-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. Session cleanup can leave a stale cached session pointer, and the data path does not check the session type before attaching it, leading to use-after-free or type confusion in the host vhost-crypto backend.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 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

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

15-10-202619-10-2026
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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • dpdkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • dpdkAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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