CVE-2026-43066

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-05. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths

During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse().

However, several error paths jump to the 'out' label without releasing iloc.bh:

  • ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure
  • sync_dirty_buffer() failure
  • ext4_mark_inode_used() failure
  • ext4_iget() failure

Fix this by introducing an 'out_brelse' label placed just before the existing 'out' label to ensure iloc.bh is always released.

Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors properly instead of always returning 0.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 5, 2026

Last Modified

May 29, 2026

References (8)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43066(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.10.253—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43066?
CVE-2026-43066 is a medium vulnerability published on May 5, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4fcreplay_inode() error paths During code review, Joseph found that ext4fcreplay_inode() calls ext4getfcinodeloc() to get the inode location, which holds a reference to iloc.bh that must be released via…
When was CVE-2026-43066 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43066 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 5, 2026, with the most recent update on May 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43066 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43066 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43066?
CVE-2026-43066 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43066?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43066, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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