What is CVE-2026-31890?

CVE-2026-31890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inspektor-gadget, classified under CWE-223. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-31890?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Inspektor-gadget

CVE-2026-31890

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. Prior to 0.50.1, in a situation where the ring-buffer of a gadget is – incidentally or maliciousl…

EPSS: 0.001 (4.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Inspektor-gadget — versions < 0.50.1
Linuxfoundation Inspektor_gadget

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-223
CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-31890?: CVE-2026-31890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inspektor-gadget, classified under CWE-223. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-31890?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.