CVE-2026-31518

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto When the TX queue for espintcp is full, esp_output_tail_tcp will return an error and not free the skb, because with synchronous crypto, the common xfrm output code will drop the packet for us. With async crypto (esp_output_done), we need to drop the skb when esp_output_tail_tcp returns an error.

Published: 2026-04-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-31518 is rated Low Risk (6.8/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-31518

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-23 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-31518

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-31518

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-31518

GHSA-f37v-5r8j-33m9 · Severity: medium — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: esp: fix skb leak with...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-31518

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-31518 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31518
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31518
suse medium CVE-2026-31518 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 45 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0, … (9 product lines)): Known Not Affected 45. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31518/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-31518 medium priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1048, ignored 169, needed 88, released 83, not-affected 57, needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31518

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-31518

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References for CVE-2026-31518

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