{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98873 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-98873 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98873 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98873 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98873 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-2026-98873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98873/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98873","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98873/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98873","record":{"aliases":["AZL-110596","BELL-CVE-2026-98873","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98873","GHSA-9v8r-rm7r-2xx4","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98873"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time\n\nThere are occasional LLM hints wrt. leaking uninitialized data to\nuserspace via ctnetlink.  Just zero at allocation time,\nexpectations are not frequently used these days.\n\nIntentionally keeps _init as-is because we could theoretically\nsupport re-init, so add the missing exp-\u003edir there.","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_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time","id":"CVE-2026-98873","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect","id":"CVE-2026-98874"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"freevxfs: don't BUG() on unknown typed-extent type","id":"CVE-2026-98872"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-26","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98873/"}