What is CVE-2026-25996?

CVE-2026-25996 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inspektor-gadget, classified under CWE-150. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-25996?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Inspektor-gadget

CVE-2026-25996

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. String fields from eBPF events in columns output mode are rendered to the terminal without any sa…

EPSS: 0.006 (42.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Inspektor-gadget — versions < 0.49.1
Linuxfoundation Inspektor_gadget

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-150

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-25996?: CVE-2026-25996 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inspektor-gadget, classified under CWE-150. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-25996?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.