# netfilter: nf_tables: move hardware offload step after building the chain blob

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90062`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90062`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:05 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

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before 923f824f30faebc5560c3061a595063cecdbdbb8` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before 6e7ad6e69be4751ab2476042c70c600bdaa8d4f2` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before 309acbab74e46114246bf4346c9b60b3d8cb4fcd` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before 79eafe22ab0a650996da2b3e5d94a12c3e16f3aa` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before 52febaf1d311d6ede312b2ec7692a309714f9554` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before d5497644329d3a01e951aba76561bbd883ff6b0c` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before 6a7d3b074cfbb64513f5f92d60ab1b216ae98076` (git)
  - affected: `c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b to before b1881d362e1924b66f6016c3efd28807032b41bf` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.3`
  - unaffected: `before 5.3` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.270 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.221 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 13 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 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90062](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90062)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90062](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90062)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/923f824f30faebc5560c3061a595063cecdbdbb8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e7ad6e69be4751ab2476042c70c600bdaa8d4f2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309acbab74e46114246bf4346c9b60b3d8cb4fcd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79eafe22ab0a650996da2b3e5d94a12c3e16f3aa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52febaf1d311d6ede312b2ec7692a309714f9554>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5497644329d3a01e951aba76561bbd883ff6b0c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a7d3b074cfbb64513f5f92d60ab1b216ae98076>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1881d362e1924b66f6016c3efd28807032b41bf>

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.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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