What is CVE-2026-46081?

CVE-2026-46081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-46081?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2026-46081

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: acomp - fix wrong pointer stored by acomp_save_req() acomp_save_req() stores &req->chain in req->base.data. When acomp_reqchain_done() is invoked on asynchronous…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6.18.27, 64929fe8c0a43508eee952cf57903a61c52601e7, 7.1-rc1
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46081?: CVE-2026-46081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-46081?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.