{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23278 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-23278 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23278 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-23278 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23278 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23278/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23278/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-23278","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23278/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-23278","record":{"aliases":["AZL-80207","BELL-CVE-2026-23278","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23278","GHSA-5vxp-pqjj-287g","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-23278","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-23278","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23278","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23278","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23278","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23278"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel netfilter","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free in Linux kernel netfilter allows local attackers to cause a system crash via crafted netlink transactions.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements\n\nDuring transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element:\n1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the\nnew batch.\n\nIf the map holding the catchall elements is also going away, its\nrequired to toggle all catchall elements and not just the first viable\ncandidate.\n\nOtherwise, we get:\n WARNING: ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1281 at nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables], CPU#2: nft/1404\n RIP: 0010:nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables]\n [..]\n __nft_set_elem_destroy+0x106/0x380 [nf_tables]\n nf_tables_abort_release+0x348/0x8d0 [nf_tables]\n nf_tables_abort+0xcf2/0x3ac0 [nf_tables]\n nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x9c9/0x20e0 [..]","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements","id":"CVE-2026-23278","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()","id":"CVE-2026-23279"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit","id":"CVE-2026-23277"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-03-20","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in Linux kernel netfilter allows local attackers to cause a system crash via crafted netlink transactions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23278/"}