{"id":"CVE-2026-52920","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-52920","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:41:38.888Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching match_policy_in() walks sec_path entries from the last transform to the first one, but strict policy matching needs to…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching\n\nmatch_policy_in() walks sec_path entries from the last transform to the\nfirst one, but strict policy matching needs to consume info->pol[] in\nthe same forward order as the rule layout.\n\nDerive the strict-match policy position from the number of transforms\nalready consumed so that multi-element inbound rules are matched\nconsistently.","published":"2026-06-24T08:16:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T20:18:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-682"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00299,"percentile":0.22468,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/392cc1d8408b5665215c1e9290bbf0f92339b043","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b2b4d7d4e203c92db8966b163edfacb1f0e1e29","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82664d0f1ba25e4f9a71994954abae24c60f4067","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/938867e870fb5471bb16f442aeac81326e05bf65","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b130a6eefa02bd4d475f2f059da8bcfb3e7d18d9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb323f7b82d2e2f638de0cc2a177803eb20e0707","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f98b7f85e04b40e28b08c461ded0cc79f14f5509","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1c518bb1f054831ecabb32da9b8e1dff9699c6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52920","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}