CVE-2026-53075

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base

8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

0.3%

16.7th percentile

CISA KEV

Not listed

Weakness / dates

—

Published 2026-06-24 · modified 2026-07-21

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector	L	Local
Attack Complexity	L	Low
Privileges Required	L	Low
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	C	Changed
Confidentiality	H	High
Integrity	H	High
Availability	H	High

Timeline

2026-06-24 — Published (NVD)
2026-07-21 — Last modified (NVD)

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppp: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in target netns for unattached ioctls /dev/ppp open is currently authorized against file->f_cred->user_ns, while unattached administrative ioctls operate on current->nsproxy->net_ns. As a result, a local unprivileged user can create a new user namespace with CLONE_NEWUSER, gain CAP_NET_ADMIN only in that new user namespace, and still issue PPPIOCNEWUNIT, PPPIOCATTACH, or PPPIOCATTCHAN against an inherited network namespace. Require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the user namespace that owns the target network namespace before handling unattached PPP administrative ioctls. This preserves normal pppd operation in the network namespace it is actually privileged in, while rejecting the userns-only inherited-netns case.

Affected

linux

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org