CVE-2026-31424

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP

Weiming Shi says:

xt_match and xt_target structs registered with NFPROTO_UNSPEC can be loaded by any protocol family through nft_compat. When such a match/target sets .hooks to restrict which hooks it may run on, the bitmask uses NF_INET_* constants. This is only correct for families whose hook layout matches NF_INET_*: IPv4, IPv6, INET, and bridge all share the same five hooks (PRE_ROUTING ... POST_ROUTING).

ARP only has three hooks (IN=0, OUT=1, FORWARD=2) with different semantics. Because NF_ARP_OUT == 1 == NF_INET_LOCAL_IN, the .hooks validation silently passes for the wrong reasons, allowing matches to run on ARP chains where the hook assumptions (e.g. state->in being set on input hooks) do not hold. This leads to NULL pointer dereferences; xt_devgroup is one concrete example:

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000044: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000220-0x0000000000000227] RIP: 0010:devgroup_mt+0xff/0x350 Call Trace: nft_match_eval (net/netfilter/nft_compat.c:407) nft_do_chain (net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285) nft_do_chain_arp (net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:61) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:623) arp_xmit (net/ipv4/arp.c:666) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Fix it by restricting arptables to NFPROTO_ARP extensions only. Note that arptables-legacy only supports:

  • arpt_CLASSIFY
  • arpt_mangle
  • arpt_MARK

that provide explicit NFPROTO_ARP match/target declarations.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 13, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 19, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

SSA-082556

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
generic

SSA-019113

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f00ac65c90ea475719e08d629e2e26c8b4e6999b
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7e1b6bcb389c8708003d40613a59ff2496f6b1f
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc3e27dd7d76e21106b8f9bbdc31f5da74a89014
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a0af9e43416aa50c0595e15fa01365a1c72c49
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80e3c75f71c3ea1e62fcb032382de13e00a68f8b
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e79374b03bf9a2f282f0eb1d0ac3776f7e0f28a
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5d488f11776738deab9da336038add95d342d1
generic

netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cd6313c8644bfebbd813a05da9daa21b09dd68c

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-31424(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.10.253—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.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-31424?
CVE-2026-31424 is a medium vulnerability published on April 13, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xtables: restrict xtcheckmatch/xtchecktarget extensions for NFPROTOARP Weiming Shi says: xtmatch and xttarget structs registered with NFPROTO_UNSPEC can be loaded by any protocol family through nft_compat. When such a…
When was CVE-2026-31424 disclosed?
CVE-2026-31424 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 13, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-31424 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-31424 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-31424?
CVE-2026-31424 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-31424?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-31424, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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