CVE-2026-53266

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable

The ebtables SNAT target keeps the Ethernet source address rewrite behind skb_ensure_writable(skb, 0). This is intentional: at the bridge ebtables hooks the Ethernet header is addressed through skb_mac_header()/eth_hdr(), while skb->data points at the Ethernet payload. Asking skb_ensure_writable() for ETH_HLEN bytes would check the payload, not the Ethernet header, and would reintroduce the small packet regression fixed by commit 63137bc5882a.

However, the optional ARP sender hardware address rewrite is different. It writes through skb_store_bits() at an offset relative to skb->data:

skb_store_bits(skb, sizeof(struct arphdr), info->mac, ETH_ALEN)

skb_header_pointer() only safely reads the ARP header; it does not make the later sender hardware address range writable. If that range is still held in a nonlinear skb fragment backed by a splice-imported file page, skb_store_bits() maps the frag page and copies the new MAC address directly into it.

Ensure the ARP SHA range is writable before reading the ARP header and before calling skb_store_bits().

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EPSS
3.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 8, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9b5ff59feffb92a147a84a5aa28acd2cb8ff4c5
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf84ad7c7a9ede46e31afaa41a1ba06a159e8c87
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7e91939ba9be805a62a257fa4e227dffbb88fa0
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b18675263db1147c8e1cab625400c13a0d87bd2d
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd64b59c3de9bbbdd3759e834fdc55cda716e0b
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76280b78cc9f23bdc6438e10ad6dff148ef8375b
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67ba971ae02514d85818fe0c32549ab4bfa3bf49
generic

netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/153ea96c806aea395daba907a4f88480b6ad5093

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.143.1.rt7.484.el8_102026-07-14redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.143.1.el8_102026-07-14redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_82026-07-08redhat

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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 110× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 110 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-17 03:31 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-17 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-16 14:17 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-16 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-16 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-16 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 11:57 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-15 11:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-14 21:26 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-14 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-14 08:16 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-14 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-13 19:07 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-13 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-13 05:57 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-13 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-12 16:47 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-12 16:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-12 03:37 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-12 03:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-11 14:27 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-11 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-11 01:17 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-11 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-10 12:03 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-10 12:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-09 22:52 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-09 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-09 09:43 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-09 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-08 20:32 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-08 20:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-07-08 07:22 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-07-08 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-07 18:12 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-07-07 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-07 04:56 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-07 04:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-07-06 15:45 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-06 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-06 02:35 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-06 02:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-07-05 13:24 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-05 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-05 00:15 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-07-05 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-04 11:04 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-04 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-07-03 21:54 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-07-03 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-03 08:44 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-03 08:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-02 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-07-02 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-02 06:24 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-07-02 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-01 17:14 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-01 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-07-01 04:04 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-07-01 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-06-30 14:54 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-06-30 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-30 01:35 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-06-30 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-06-29 12:26 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-06-29 12:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-28 23:16 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-06-28 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53266?
CVE-2026-53266 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable The ebtables SNAT target keeps the Ethernet source address rewrite behind skbensurewritable(skb, 0). This is intentional: at the bridge ebtables hooks the Ethernet header is…
When was CVE-2026-53266 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53266 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on July 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53266 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53266 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53266?
CVE-2026-53266 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53266?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53266, 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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