CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-68300

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 10, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026

9.8CRITICALCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-68300 and is rated Critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

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Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Aug 14, 2026

CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

6.6.150.1-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.6%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-68300?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL

sctp_auth_chunk_verify() returns true unconditionally when chunk->auth_chunk is NULL, silently skipping authentication. This is incorrect when:

1. skb_clone() failed in the BH receive path, leaving auth_chunk NULL. In sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv() asoc is NULL for new connections, so the early sctp_auth_recv_cid() check cannot catch this.

2. No AUTH chunk precedes COOKIE-ECHO, so skb_clone() is never called and auth_chunk remains NULL.

Fix by checking sctp_auth_recv_cid() when auth_chunk is NULL: if authentication is required, return false to drop the chunk; otherwise continue normally.

Source: NVD