Security October 2026 CVE-2026-98815
Assessment
Severity Moderate
CVSS base score 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Impact Not stated
EPSS, next 30 days Not scored yet
Public exploit code No Nuclei template lists it
Exploitability Not assessed
Publicly disclosed No
Customer action Required: apply the update
Component Mariner
Weakness —
Issued by Linux
Last revised 21 Oct 2026Information published. CVSS 3.1 base metrics Red raises the risk · green lowers it
Attack vector LocalAV:L
Attack complexity HighAC:H
Privileges required LowPR:L
User interaction NoneUI:N
Scope UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality LowC:L
Integrity HighI:H
Availability HighA:H
Updates that fix it0 KBs No KB listed MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.
Affected products
1 affected product
azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
Source. This summary comes from MSRC's public CVRF document for October 2026. If the MSRC page is blocked in your browser, the NVD and CVE.org records carry the same identifier. None of this says whether your devices are affected.
What changed
Public exploit code: Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed · CISA KEV: Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Public exploit code: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained · CISA KEV: Not listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Page history
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23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC
Public exploit code Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC
CISA KEV Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC
Source coverage: public-exploit-code Incomplete → Current 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC
Source coverage: first-epss Incomplete → Current 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC
Source coverage: cisa-kev Incomplete → Current 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC
Source coverage: msrc-cvrf Incomplete → Current 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC
Public exploit code No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC
CISA KEV Not listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC
Source coverage: public-exploit-code Current → Incomplete 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC
Source coverage: first-epss Current → Incomplete 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC
Source coverage: cisa-kev Current → Incomplete 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC
Source coverage: msrc-cvrf Current → Incomplete 21 Oct 2026 · 20:45:25 UTC
Last revised 20 Oct 2026 14:47 UTC → 21 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC Explore global source statements, affected packages and advisory history for CVE-2026-98815 . The catalog has a separate collection scope from Microsoft release records.
Overview Affected History Connections
cve-program · CVE-2026-98815 Published Linux Vendor product
Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range {
"product": "Linux",
"vendor": "Linux",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/nvme/host/core.c",
"drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c"
],
"versions": [
{
"version": "2637baed78010eeaae274feb5b99ce90933fadfb",
"lessThan": "98b09ad7934482e64db4b4477d91e3bbf43adf4c",
"status": "affected",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"version": "2637baed78010eeaae274feb5b99ce90933fadfb",
"lessThan": "9952f3882ecba709092379b71e02b09762b26f96",
"status": "affected",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
} Linux Vendor product
Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range {
"product": "Linux",
"vendor": "Linux",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/nvme/host/core.c",
"drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c"
],
"versions": [
{
"version": "5.13",
"status": "affected"
},
{
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "5.13",
"status": "unaffected",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"version": "7.2.10",
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"version": "7.3",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}