CVE-2025-40176

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2025-11-12. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source

Also known asEUVD-2025-124907 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails

Async decryption calls tls_strp_msg_hold to create a clone of the input skb to hold references to the memory it uses. If we fail to allocate that clone, proceeding with async decryption can lead to various issues (UAF on the skb, writing into userspace memory after the recv() call has returned).

In this case, wait for all pending decryption requests.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
59
EG Risk 59/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.5% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
42nd
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

November 12, 2025

Last Modified

October 19, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Nov 7, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c61d4368197d65c4809d9271f3b85325a600586a
Web page

tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8a6ff84abbcbbc445463de58704686011edc8e1
Web page

tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f83fd0c179e0f458e824e417f9d5ad53443f685
Web page

tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc109d0ab196bd943b7451276690fb6bb48c2e0
Web page

tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39dec4ea3daf77f684308576baf483b55ca7f160

Patch Availability(23)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-6.17 (6.17.0-1011.11) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2040.41) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1052.58+fips1) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (6.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-64k-6.17 (6.17.0-1007.7) @ questing2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1029.30) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-106.106) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1049.52.1) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1052.55+fips1) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1045.46) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1051.57) @ noble2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-64k-6.17 (6.17.0-1007.7) @ questing2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.17.0-14.14) @ questing2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.17 (6.17.0-1008.8) @ questing2026-11-12ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-55.54.1.el10_02026-01-19redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-284.152.1.el9_22026-01-14redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.152.1.rt14.437.el9_22026-01-14redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.106.1.el9_42026-01-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_12026-01-12redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.77.1.el9_62026-01-12redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-611.16.1.el9_72025-12-17redhat
linuxKernel @ 6.1.158 (fixes >=6.0.0)—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 (12 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.158-1~deb11u1: fixed in 6.1.158-1~deb11u1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (44 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.158-1: fixed in 6.1.158-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1 (6 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.57-1: fixed in 6.12.57-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.17.5-1~exp1 (77 versions)
  • every version up to 6.17.6-1: fixed in 6.17.6-1
—

Additional Vendor Advisories

(16)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 99× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

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A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 244 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 02:40 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-13 02:40 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-13 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-12 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  5. 2026-11-12 04:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-12 04:23 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-11-12 04:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-11-11 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  9. 2026-11-11 05:59 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-11 05:59 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-11-11 05:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-11-10 16:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  13. 2026-11-10 07:42 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-10 07:42 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-11-10 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-11-09 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  17. 2026-11-09 09:25 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-09 09:25 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-11-09 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-11-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  21. 2026-11-08 11:07 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  22. 2026-11-08 11:07 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-11-08 11:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-11-07 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  25. 2026-11-07 12:49 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
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  1. 2026-11-07 12:49 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-11-07 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-11-06 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  4. 2026-11-06 14:32 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-06 14:32 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-06 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-11-05 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  8. 2026-11-05 16:15 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-11-05 16:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-11-05 12:55 UTCOSV refresh
  11. 2026-11-04 17:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  12. 2026-11-04 17:50 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-11-04 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-11-04 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  15. 2026-11-03 19:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-03 19:33 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-03 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-11-03 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  19. 2026-11-02 21:15 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-11-02 21:15 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-11-02 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-11-02 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  23. 2026-11-01 22:58 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-11-01 22:58 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-11-01 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-11-01 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  27. 2026-11-01 00:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  28. 2026-11-01 00:41 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-11-01 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  30. 2026-10-31 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  31. 2026-10-31 02:24 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  32. 2026-10-31 02:24 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-31 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  34. 2026-10-30 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  35. 2026-10-30 04:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  36. 2026-10-30 04:06 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-30 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  38. 2026-10-29 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  39. 2026-10-29 05:48 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  40. 2026-10-29 05:48 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-29 05:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  42. 2026-10-28 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  43. 2026-10-28 07:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  44. 2026-10-28 07:30 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-10-28 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  46. 2026-10-27 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  47. 2026-10-27 09:13 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  48. 2026-10-27 09:13 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-27 09:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  50. 2026-10-26 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  51. 2026-10-26 10:13 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  52. 2026-10-26 10:13 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-26 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  54. 2026-10-25 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  55. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  56. 2026-10-25 11:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  57. 2026-10-25 11:56 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-25 11:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  59. 2026-10-24 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 39th percentile
  60. 2026-10-24 13:38 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  61. 2026-10-24 13:38 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-24 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  63. 2026-10-23 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 39th percentile
  64. 2026-10-23 15:11 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-23 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  66. 2026-10-22 16:51 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  67. 2026-10-22 16:51 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-22 16:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  69. 2026-10-22 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 38th percentile
  70. 2026-10-21 18:01 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  71. 2026-10-21 18:01 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-10-21 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-79rw-jwgh-qv55 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  73. 2026-10-21 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 38th percentile
  74. 2026-10-20 19:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  75. 2026-10-20 19:43 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-40176?
CVE-2025-40176 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on November 12, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails Async decryption calls tls_strp_msg_hold to create a clone of the input skb to hold references to the memory it uses. If we fail to allocate that clone, proceeding…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2025-40176 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2025-40176 was published on November 12, 2025. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 19, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2025-40176 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-40176 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (42nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-40176?
CVE-2025-40176 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-40176?
A fix for CVE-2025-40176 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-40176 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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