CVE-2026-99281ImportantLocal

tun: Require CAP_NET_ADMIN to attach to an ownerless device

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Assessment

Severity: Important
CVSS base score: 7.1
Impact: Not stated
Exploitation detected: Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Exploitability: Not assessed
Publicly disclosed: Unknown: not stated by MSRC
EPSS · 30-day forecast: No EPSS score collected
Customer action: Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance

More details

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Public detection template: No Nuclei template is listed in the current collected catalog
Component: Mariner
Weakness: —
Issued by: Linux
Published: 9 Nov 2026 · November 2026
Last revised: 9 Nov 2026

CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it

Attack vector: LocalAV:L
Attack complexity: LowAC:L
Privileges required: LowPR:L
User interaction: NoneUI:N
Scope: UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality: HighC:H
Integrity: HighI:H
Availability: NoneA:N

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Affected products

Open Source Software

1 affected product

azl3 kernel 6.6.161.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

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Linux

Vendor product

Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range

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                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/net/tun.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "ca6bb5d7ab22ac79f608fe6cbc6b12de6a5a19f0",
                            "lessThan": "2f92c0286cfd58bff9d6d54c01a771073d5eb775",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "ca6bb5d7ab22ac79f608fe6cbc6b12de6a5a19f0",
                            "lessThan": "e53d1cf05da8ea58a5743b7ce5894fb51b0b9700",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "ca6bb5d7ab22ac79f608fe6cbc6b12de6a5a19f0",
                            "lessThan": "ffdf678dd16610e3f006dac904bd37c09684673c",
                            "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/net/tun.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "2.6.18",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "2.6.18",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.61",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.3.2",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "7.3.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.4-rc1",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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