CVE-2026-72320

CVE-2026-72320

Critical · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nft_lookup: fix catchall element handling with inverted lookups

nft_lookup_eval() decides whether a lookup matched (`found`) from the

direct set lookup and priv->invert before falling back to the

catchall element used by interval sets (e.g. nft_set_rbtree) for the

open-ended default range. Since `found` is never recomputed after

`ext` is replaced by the catchall lookup, inverted lookups

(NFT_LOOKUP_F_INV, "!= @set") can wrongly match or wrongly skip the

catchall element, producing the wrong verdict. Fold the catchall

lookup into `ext` before computing `found`, matching the order

already used by nft_objref_map_eval().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00523 · 43.5th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:55Z
    netfilter: nft_lookup: fix catchall element handling with inverted lookups
    cvelistv5