{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72051 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72051 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 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-2026-72051 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72051 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 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-2026-72051 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. 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-2026-72051/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72051/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72051","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72051/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72051","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72051","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72051","GHSA-q3jr-w6wf-464w","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72051"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A missing authorization check in the Linux kernel allows privileged users to modify IPv6 tunnels in different network namespaces, potentially leading to privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ip6_tunnel: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink\n\nip6_tnl_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the\ntunnel link netns t-\u003enet. They differ once the device is created in or\nmoved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl\nchangelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a\ncaller privileged there but not in t-\u003enet can rewrite a tunnel that\nlives in t-\u003enet.\n\nGate ip6_tnl_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,\nbefore any attribute is parsed.","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":"net: ip6_tunnel: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink","id":"CVE-2026-72051","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"net: ip6_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink","id":"CVE-2026-72052"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"octeontx2-af: Free BPID bitmap on setup failure","id":"CVE-2026-72050"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"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 missing authorization check in the Linux kernel allows privileged users to modify IPv6 tunnels in different network namespaces, potentially leading to privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72051/"}