{"cve":"CVE-2026-72349","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:08.297","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:38.917","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: xt_rateest: fix u64 truncation in xt_rateest_mt()\n\nOn links faster than ~34 Gbps, where byte rate may exceed 2^32-1\n(~ 4.3 GBps), the comparison result becomes incorrect because the\ntruncated value no longer reflects the actual estimator rate.\n\nFix by changing the local variables to u64.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/444853cd438201007da5359821adcc2995655ab1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5da915fc159c6b4091669447588e520183969cca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e9ba358d63fe2eb03c90d29ea85651d95cf2e6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905a927b2e6fec7b174e9e5644d271047b61378f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ba938f45cb00f6bf49d3aa3647df9b017f5f08"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72349","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12568,"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."]}