{"cve":"CVE-2026-23060","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-04T17:16:16.687","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:33.240","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec\n\nauthencesn assumes an ESP/ESN-formatted AAD. When assoclen is shorter than\nthe minimum expected length, crypto_authenc_esn_decrypt() can advance past\nthe end of the destination scatterlist and trigger a NULL pointer dereference\nin scatterwalk_map_and_copy(), leading to a kernel panic (DoS).\n\nAdd a minimum AAD length check to fail fast on invalid inputs.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/161bdc90fce25bd9890adc67fa1c8563a7acbf40","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397e9264676be7794f8f7f1e9763d90bd3c7335","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767e8349f7e929b7dd95c08f0b4cb353459b365e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9532ff0d0e90ff78a214299f594ab9bac81defe4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a9609283a5c852addb513dafa655c61eebc1ef"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23060","score":0.00181,"percentile":0.0757,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}