Published May 27, 2026Sources checked Nov 11, 2026
5.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-46044 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
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Vendor revision: Nov 5, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-46044?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors
If an error occurs after the ssif kthread is created, but before the main IPMI code starts the ssif interface, the ssif kthread will not be stopped.
So make sure the kthread is stopped on an error condition if it is running.