# software node: Fix software_node_get_reference_args() with index -1

CVE record · `CVE-2026-93046`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-93046`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 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, 16:10 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: `142acd739eb6f08c148a96ae8309256f1422ff4b to before 6cde06887487b4febd14658c9a246616abcc0097` (git)
  - affected: `56ce76e8d406cc72b89aee7931df5cf3f18db49d to before 0631384eadebc66d92d2dd72d57a0263c3877bee` (git)
  - affected: `9324127b07dde8529222dc19233aa57ec810856c to before b2fa4e8c7e4a33e02e6aaa8f6df72f84cf4aed75` (git)
  - affected: `f9397cf7bfb680799fb8c7f717c8f756384c3280 to before 4ebf96d5f834aba7f6d0397db4c421f6078171b9` (git)
  - affected: `4b3383110b6df48e0ba5936af2cb68d5eb6bd43b to before 849076df15129e47dd8db751fa18489419ffea56` (git)
  - affected: `31e4e12e0e9609850cefd4b2e1adf782f56337d6 to before df5466412b362db7adfa78e3e092fe07ac6769a4` (git)
  - affected: `31e4e12e0e9609850cefd4b2e1adf782f56337d6 to before 231bbc04c58f115a505bf3b668ec69ef40a1773b` (git)
  - affected: `31e4e12e0e9609850cefd4b2e1adf782f56337d6 to before ba3dedcf3bd47017307595a7e54924198f018246` (git)
  - affected: `7af18e42bdefe1dba5bcb32555a4d524fd504939` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.239 to before 5.10.270` (semver)
  - affected: `5.15.186 to before 5.15.221` (semver)
  - affected: `6.1.142 to before 6.1.188` (semver)
  - and 3 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.16`
  - unaffected: `before 6.16` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0015, the 4th percentile, on 14 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-2026-93046](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93046)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-93046](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93046)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cde06887487b4febd14658c9a246616abcc0097>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0631384eadebc66d92d2dd72d57a0263c3877bee>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2fa4e8c7e4a33e02e6aaa8f6df72f84cf4aed75>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ebf96d5f834aba7f6d0397db4c421f6078171b9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/849076df15129e47dd8db751fa18489419ffea56>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df5466412b362db7adfa78e3e092fe07ac6769a4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/231bbc04c58f115a505bf3b668ec69ef40a1773b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba3dedcf3bd47017307595a7e54924198f018246>

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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