HighCVE-2026-46056

    Linux Kernel: security vulnerability (CVE-2026-46056)

    Published Last modified Sources: SUSE, Debian LTS, Ubuntu, Siemens ProductCERT, Red Hat, BSI, CVE.org, EUVD, Msrc Update Guide

    What is affected, what to do

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem. This vulnerability, a Use-After-Free (UAF), exists within the Secure Simple Pairing (SSP) passkey handlers.

    Update Linux Kernel to version 5.10.259, Linux Kernel to version 5.15.210, Linux Kernel to version 6.1.175.

    Affected
    • Linux Kernel lt 3.7..5.10.259
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.11..5.15.210
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.16..6.1.175
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.2..6.6.140
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.7..6.12.86
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.13..6.18.27
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.19..7.0.4
    Fixed in
    • Linux Kernel 5.10.259
    • Linux Kernel 5.15.210
    • Linux Kernel 6.1.175
    • Linux Kernel 6.6.140
    • Linux Kernel 6.12.86
    • Linux Kernel 6.18.27
    • Linux Kernel 7.0.4
    • Linux Kernel 7.1

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    Metrics

    8.8

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v3

    8.8

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: SUSE, Debian LTS, Ubuntu, Siemens ProductCERT, Red Hat, BSI, CVE.org, EUVD, Msrc Update Guide

    0.3 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 20.7

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    65.44 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    8.8 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    8.8
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.3 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    20.7
    Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: total
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 16 October 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-416

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem. This vulnerability, a Use-After-Free (UAF), exists within the Secure Simple Pairing (SSP) passkey handlers. It occurs when `hci_conn` lookup and field access are performed without proper locking, allowing a connection to be freed concurrently. This could potentially enable a local attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

    Source: suse_csaf, Debian LTS Advisories, Ubuntu Security Notices, siemens_advisory, redhat_csaf, BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, NVD (NIST), ENISA EUVD, CVE.org (MITRE), cvelistv5, Microsoft Security Update Guide

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    LinuxLinux
    • 5.16 – < 6.1.175
    • 6.19 – < 7.0.4
    • 6.2 – < 6.6.140
    • 5.11 – < 5.15.210
    • 3.7 – < 5.10.259
    • 6.13 – < 6.18.27
    • —
    • 6.7 – < 6.12.86
    • 6.1.175
    • 7.0.4
    • 6.6.140
    • 5.15.210
    • 5.10.259
    • 6.18.27
    • 7.1
    • 6.12.86
    SiemensSIMATIC S7
    • 1500 TM MFP V1.1.1 GNU/Linux subsystem
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    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebianlinuxbookworm
    Linuxdebianlinuxbullseye
    Linuxdebianlinux-6.1bullseye
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel—

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-416Use After Free

      Variant

      The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-416

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      Weakness type: CWE-416

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      CWE-416

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    2. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: no

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      {"id":"CVE-2026-46056","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-10-16T15:19:20.098587Z"}

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    3. Record modifiedLinux

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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a6431766c35dfedb86e0cb5d3fc80c6d604a47
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/204028af77a265e31ceb4ba7f643349a3cca72b2
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85fa3512048793076eef658f66489112dcc91993
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6443bb9257b780986fb67ec08565bf48ecb8d7
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ae482f88654db407c8c17619d4b62959b903ef
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d28311539ac9f65e29308ea219ecaa48aa5e76e5
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08d75753db17aa943d7622f09d9c217b5bfd3b8
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea18732d2614557e59f4c0d8cdbe6611aeab33b7
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a6431766c35dfedb86e0cb5d3fc80c6d604a47 Types: Patch
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/204028af77a265e31ceb4ba7f643349a3cca72b2 Types: Patch
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08d75753db17aa943d7622f09d9c217b5bfd3b8 Types: Patch
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      Source identifier: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    4. Record modifiedSiemens ADP

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      New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46056.json">CVE-2026-46056</a>
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      https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html

      Source identifier: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e

    5. Record modifiedLinux

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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea18732d2614557e59f4c0d8cdbe6611aeab33b7
      Affected versions (publisher)changed
      Linux, Linux
      Linux, Linux

      Source identifier: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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    1. Initial analysis by NVDNVD

      Newly listed as affected:
      • Linux Kernel (6.7 – before 6.12.86; 6.2 – before 6.6.140; 6.13 – before 6.18.27; 6.19 – before 7.0.4; 3.7 – before 6.1.175)

      Weakness type: CWE-416

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      OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.12.86 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.140 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.13 up to (excluding) 6.18.27 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.19 up to (excluding) 7.0.4 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7 up to (excluding) 6.1.175
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a6431766c35dfedb86e0cb5d3fc80c6d604a47 Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/204028af77a265e31ceb4ba7f643349a3cca72b2 Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85fa3512048793076eef658f66489112dcc91993 Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6443bb9257b780986fb67ec08565bf48ecb8d7 Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ae482f88654db407c8c17619d4b62959b903ef Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08d75753db17aa943d7622f09d9c217b5bfd3b8 Types: Patch

      Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov

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