GHSA-xwf3-wjqg-p85x · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conncount:...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conncount: increase the connection clean up limit to 64 After the optimization to only perform one GC per jiffy, a new problem was introduced. If more than 8 new connections are tracked per jiffy the list won't be cleaned up fast enough possibly reaching the limit wrongly. In order to prevent this issue, only skip the GC if it was already triggered during the same jiffy and the increment is lower than the clean up limit. In addition, increase the clean up limit to 64 connections to avoid triggering GC too often and do more effective GCs. This has been tested using a HTTP server and several performance tools while having nft_connlimit/xt_connlimit or OVS limit configured. Output of slowhttptest + OVS limit at 52000 connections: slow HTTP test status on 340th second: initializing: 0 pending: 432 connected: 51998 error: 0 closed: 0 service available: YES
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-45860 is rated Moderate Risk (47.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.05% | 0.69% | +0.63% |
| 2 | 2026-05-30 | 0.02% | 0.05% | +0.03% |
| 3 | 2026-05-28 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
GHSA-xwf3-wjqg-p85x · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conncount:...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-45860 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45860 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45860 |
suse
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— | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45860/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-45860 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 169, released 84, needed 71, not-affected 55, pending 18, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45860 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.10.248, < 5.10.252 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.15.198, < 5.15.202 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.19, < 6.1.165 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.128 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.75 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13, < 6.18.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19, < 6.19.4 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |