CVE-2020-26088
lowpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A missing CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation in net/nfc/rawsock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2 could be used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms, aka CID-26896f01467a.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
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affected products (42)
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also known as (4)
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references (34)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.htmlcnnvd
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.2cnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26896f01467a28651f7a536143fe5ac8449d4041cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26088cnnvd
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