CVE-2026-46333: ptrace: slightly saner 'get_dumpable()' logic
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-May
- Released
- 2026-05-16
- Last Updated
- 2026-05-21
- EPSS Score
- 1.21% (percentile: 64.6%)
Detection & Weaponization (2 sources)
Maturity: Exploit
- Metasploit modules: Linux Kernel __ptrace_may_access() Exit Race chage File Disclosure
- GitHub PoC: 4 repositories
Affected Products (2)
Open Source Software
- azl3 kernel-hwe 6.12.0.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.138.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
Revision History
- 2026-05-16: Information published.
- 2026-05-16: Information published.
- 2026-05-21: Information published.