CVE-2026-52970

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-06-24 Modified: 2026-11-10 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: fix missing expect put in obj eval nft_ct_expect_obj_eval() allocates an expectation and may call nf_ct_expect_related(), but never drops its local reference. Add nf_ct_expect_put(exp) before return to balance allocation.

Affected Software (22)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < cdb9a25dd3416d427e8b2753210f8baf44207577
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 26ab32ec73941871c97562ee1f39587950dc3b68
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 7b96242ceedfe249f158419f3254bcee04173ffe
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < ecca618e1e339494911090474ed87742c0f73976
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 2aef1b13d5c0285f340512c6c07eb858fd018fd8
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 1dced0725e2fae3ac3416274db20a7ff5a46931d
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 84c422cea5a45fe56be839f25880f21fd33940cd
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 19f94b6fee75b3ef7fbc06f3745b9a771a8a19a4
Linux Linux 5.3
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < cdb9a25dd3416d427e8b2753210f8baf44207577
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 26ab32ec73941871c97562ee1f39587950dc3b68
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 7b96242ceedfe249f158419f3254bcee04173ffe
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < ecca618e1e339494911090474ed87742c0f73976
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 2aef1b13d5c0285f340512c6c07eb858fd018fd8
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 1dced0725e2fae3ac3416274db20a7ff5a46931d
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 84c422cea5a45fe56be839f25880f21fd33940cd
Linux Linux 857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1 < 19f94b6fee75b3ef7fbc06f3745b9a771a8a19a4
Linux Linux 5.3
linux linux_kernel 5.3 – 5.10.258
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001340
Percentile 3.0%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00134
2026-11-12
0.00134
2026-11-10
0.00134
2026-11-09
0.00134
2026-11-08
0.00134
2026-11-07
0.00134
2026-11-06
0.00134

Intelligence Sources

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