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Fencer Vulns
high 8.3

CVE-2026-52920 json

netfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching

published 2026-06-24 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2026-38723

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 consume info->pol[] in the same forward order as the rule layout.

Derive the strict-match policy position from the number of transforms already consumed so that multi-element inbound rules are matched consistently.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.141, 6.12.91, 6.18.33, 7.0.10, 7.1
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.176-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.94-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.0.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52920

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-186.196
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-136.136
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-28.28
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1112.119
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.64
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1009.9
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1112.122
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1064.72

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52920

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  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:68531RHSA-2026:68532RHSA-2026:59723

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1SUSE-SU-2026:4282-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:68531ALSA-2026:68532ALSA-2026:59723

  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:68532RLSA-2026:68531RLSA-2026:59723

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-52920 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: netfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:59723
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68531
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:59723
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.164.1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68531
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68532
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:59723
show 1 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68532

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
24 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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