CVE-2026-43284: xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-May
Released
2026-05-09
Last Updated
2026-05-11
EPSS Score
93.42% (percentile: 99.8%)

Detection & Weaponization (2 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

  • Metasploit modules: xfrm-ESP Page-Cache Write via CVE-2026-43284
  • GitHub PoC: 26 repositories

Affected Products (1)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 kernel 6.6.137.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

Revision History

  • 2026-05-09: Information published.
  • 2026-05-11: Information published.