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CVE-2026-23268

VendorlinuxProductlinux kernelDiscoveredMar 18, 2026UpdatedMay 29, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management An unprivileged local user can load, replace, and remove profiles by opening the apparmorfs interfaces, via a confused deputy attack, by passing the opened fd to a privileged process, and getting the privileged process to write to the interface. This does require a privileged target that can be manipulated to do the write for the unprivileged process, but once such access is achieved full policy management is possible and all the possible implications that implies: removing confinement, DoS of system or target applications by denying all execution, by-passing the unprivileged user namespace restriction, to exploiting kernel bugs for a local…

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.14%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
11
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.01pp
0.13% → 0.14% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
12 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Mar 18, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD May 29, 2026
Apr 1, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8141-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Apr 6, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8152-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Apr 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8163-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Apr 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8164-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG Real-time) vulnerabilities
Apr 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8165-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Apr 13, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8163-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Apr 29, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8224-1: Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8243-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8261-1: Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities
May 11, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8266-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
May 11, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8267-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities