CVE record · CVE-2026-52920

netfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching

CVSS 8.3 HighEPSS 0.0030 · 22nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Jun 2026, 07:14 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before eb323f7b82d2e2f638de0cc2a177803eb20e0707 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before fc1c518bb1f054831ecabb32da9b8e1dff9699c6 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before f98b7f85e04b40e28b08c461ded0cc79f14f5509 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before 82664d0f1ba25e4f9a71994954abae24c60f4067 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before b130a6eefa02bd4d475f2f059da8bcfb3e7d18d9 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before 938867e870fb5471bb16f442aeac81326e05bf65 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before 392cc1d8408b5665215c1e9290bbf0f92339b043 git
  • affected c4b885139203d37f76662c37ae645fe8e0f4e4e5 to before 4b2b4d7d4e203c92db8966b163edfacb1f0e1e29 git
Other versions: unaffected
Linux Linux
  • affected 2.6.17
  • unaffected before 2.6.17 semver
  • unaffected 5.10.258 to 5.10.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 5.15.209 to 5.15.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 6.1.175 to 6.1.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 6.6.141 to 6.6.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 6.12.91 to 6.12.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 6.18.33 to 6.18.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 7.0.10 to 7.0.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 7.1 to *, inclusive original_commit_for_fix
Other versions: affected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-52920
CNA
Linux
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-682
Published
24 Jun 2026
Updated
19 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.3 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H CNA (Linux)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0030, the 22nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Jun 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.