CVE-2026-71226

HIGHNVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. NVD baseline CVSS 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — Patch released this week
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Memory Corruption via Uncanceled AIO Requests on Error: libkcapi's one-shot AIO path can return an error before all submitted IOCBs are drained, allowing later kernel writes into caller-owned output buffers.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(medium)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: 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
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2462114 – (CVE-2026-71226) CVE-2026-71226 libkcapi: Memory corruption via uncanceled AIO requests on error in libkcapi's one-shot AIO path

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462114
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-71226 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71226

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71226(3)

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

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatlibkcapi-0:1.5.1-1.el10_22026-09-14redhat
redhatlibkcapi-0:1.4.0-3.el8_102026-09-14redhat
redhatlibkcapi-0:1.4.0-3.el9_82026-09-14redhat
redhatlibkcapi-main-1.5.1-0.1.hum12026-08-19redhat

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

(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi—1.5.1-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi—1.5.1-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi—1.5.1-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi—1.5.1-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi1.2.1-1 ... 1.4.0-1 (6 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi1.4.0-1——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi1.4.0-1——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libkcapi1.4.0-1——

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 35× in last 7d / 157× 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 226 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 07:43 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-19 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 17:43 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-18 17:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 04:10 UTCVendor advisory
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  22. 2026-09-15 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-14 09:30 UTCVendor advisory
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  29. 2026-09-09 06:24 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-09 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-09-08 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-09-06 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-06 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-06 06:41 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-06 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-09-05 18:27 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-05 18:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-09-05 03:48 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-05 03:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  50. 2026-09-04 09:34 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-04 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-09-03 19:17 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-03 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  56. 2026-09-03 06:52 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-03 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  60. 2026-09-02 07:30 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-02 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71226?
CVE-2026-71226 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. Memory Corruption via Uncanceled AIO Requests on Error: libkcapi's one-shot AIO path can return an error before all submitted IOCBs are drained, allowing later kernel writes into caller-owned output buffers.
When was CVE-2026-71226 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71226 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-71226 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71226 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 96.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71226?
CVE-2026-71226 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71226?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71226, 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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