Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-43239

High

Published: 06 May 2026

Published
06 May 2026
Modified
12 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0035 27.4th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-43239 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 27.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: prevent races in ->query_interfaces() It was possible for two query interface works to be concurrently trying to update the interfaces. Prevent this by checking and updating iface_last_update under…

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CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Kernel data race in SMB client interface query handling enables local memory corruption or state inconsistency exploitable for privilege escalation.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
5.19 · 5.19.1 — 6.6.128 · 6.7 — 6.12.75 · 6.13 — 6.18.16

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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