{"cve":"CVE-2026-43268","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-06T12:16:47.930","modified":"2026-06-17T10:49:16.680","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files\n\nSince commit af153bb63a33 (\"vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()\")\nrequires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/\nS_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67407d6abc9520a8a4661285b3ed294eb73ff6e7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676bc99d0b3e356cdfec5d8204518e1aac14ec84","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799c492a619a10322543d13e6d2a6d27335c868c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9353d4ee26dc33f6ada1646e84660f4c59189763","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d209ebaee93fc5089101d34d1b38a91d7abb03fd"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43268","score":0.00117,"percentile":0.01627,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}