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Medium 5.5Published May 27, 2026

CVE-2026-45850ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Linux and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks Protocol checksum validation fails for IPv6 if there are extension headers before the protocol header. iph->len already contains its offset, so use it to fix the problem.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before 0bf92a90bf05ecafe52e92d5bc15a585021a64ac; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before 54add3b7d3c154ca89ef5bac2582b0ed1a3a15d5; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before 768f665f3685b455ed686370ed7ccb852a125a3b; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before 9aa7edc1347b98774e5167ca34e5b8aa6083bde7; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before d643c1ec80b70508f54dac12179e36920e2c00de; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before cdce1e797addab72393c0dfee31aaca41ef7d937; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before a3ca27762ce8476b4fbf9b2a8f5cb74c38e483e4; from 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d before 05cfe9863ef049d98141dc2969eefde72fb07625
CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)
all versions
CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 2.6.28 before 5.10.259; from 5.11 before 5.15.210; from 5.16 before 6.1.176; from 6.2 before 6.6.143; from 6.7 before 6.12.94; from 6.13 before 6.18.36; from 6.19 before 6.19.4
NVD

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The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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