CVE-2026-31518

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-22. 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:

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto

When the TX queue for espintcp is full, esp_output_tail_tcp will return an error and not free the skb, because with synchronous crypto, the common xfrm output code will drop the packet for us.

With async crypto (esp_output_done), we need to drop the skb when esp_output_tail_tcp returns an error.

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
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 22, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df6f995358dc1f3c42484f5cfe241d7bd3e1cd15
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aca3ad0c262f54a5b5c95dda80a48365997d1224
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d386243ed374ac969dabd3bbc1409a31d81818
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aa9841d917532d0f2d932d1ff2f3a94305aaf47
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a3ec6efbc4f90e0ccb2e71574f07351f19996f4
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4820847e036ff1035b01b69ad68dfc17e7028fe9
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41aafca57de4a4c026701622bd4648f112a9edcd
generic

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c0eef8ccd2413b0a10eb6bbd3442333b1e64dd2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-31518(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 @ 5.10.253osv

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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 142 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-07-23 03:08 UTCEG score recompute
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  14. 2026-07-19 23:48 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-07-14 13:19 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  2. 2026-07-14 13:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  3. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-06-14 12:37 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-06-14 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  49. 2026-06-11 14:43 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-06-11 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-06-10 02:53 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-06-10 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-09 03:43 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-06-09 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  59. 2026-06-07 19:33 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-06-07 19:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  64. 2026-06-06 20:22 UTCVendor advisory
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  70. 2026-06-05 17:08 UTCVendor advisory
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  74. 2026-06-04 13:46 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-06-04 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-31518?
CVE-2026-31518 is a medium vulnerability published on April 22, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto When the TX queue for espintcp is full, espoutputtail_tcp will return an error and not free the skb, because with synchronous crypto, the common xfrm output code will drop the packet…
When was CVE-2026-31518 disclosed?
CVE-2026-31518 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 22, 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-2026-31518 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-31518 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 97.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-31518?
CVE-2026-31518 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-31518?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-31518, 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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