Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-53006

Critical

Published: 24 June 2026

Published
24 June 2026
Modified
30 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0038 29.6th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-53006 is a critical-severity Expired Pointer Dereference (CWE-825) vulnerability in Kernel (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 29.6th 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: ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv() Caching saddr and daddr before pskb_pull() is problematic since skb->head can change. Remove these temporary variables: - We only access &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr and &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr when…

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net_dbg_ratelimited() is called in the slow path. - Avoid potential future misuse after pskb_pull() call.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

UAF in network-facing icmpv6_rcv() enables remote exploitation of public-facing kernel code (T1190) and kernel-level privilege escalation (T1068).

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

Affected Assets

Kernel
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

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

References