# ipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98096`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98096`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.4 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:24 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: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before f463c4786cf27376de7dfc0833a12e924a98f698` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before 8f44d4160bcdb3136a9145a4b9c7816382976925` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before 9cfbe2c381ab6d00a08e7a5b6028865adfb4e1bc` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before af08f62b5a5a446d6134a92d86771d3d12e0e3da` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before ce4c8beedc19aceeab0e7bdc6f34394fb158c47c` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before 97b21ef57dfabbff660a4672c9fef7edfb720f47` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before 3ad7dca5e03bd64c65983a19734337512fd75491` (git)
  - affected: `1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 to before 975b5b067f525a1b1338c4a3bee1c46545801518` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.10`
  - unaffected: `before 4.10` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0050, the 43rd percentile, on 12 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 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98096](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98096)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98096](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98096)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f463c4786cf27376de7dfc0833a12e924a98f698>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f44d4160bcdb3136a9145a4b9c7816382976925>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cfbe2c381ab6d00a08e7a5b6028865adfb4e1bc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af08f62b5a5a446d6134a92d86771d3d12e0e3da>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4c8beedc19aceeab0e7bdc6f34394fb158c47c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97b21ef57dfabbff660a4672c9fef7edfb720f47>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad7dca5e03bd64c65983a19734337512fd75491>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975b5b067f525a1b1338c4a3bee1c46545801518>

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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