CVE-2026-72416

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets xtables targets return netfilter verdicts: NF_ACCEPT, NF_DROP, and so on. ebtables targets return incompatible verdicts: EBT_ACCEPT, EBT_DROP, ... We cannot allow fallback to NFPROTO_UNSPEC. ebtables doesn't permit this since 11ff7288beb2 ("netfilter: ebtables: reject non-bridge targets") but that commit missed the nft_compat layer.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.3 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-08-15 06:22:15.223000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:19:51.570000

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  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:15.223",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:19:51.570",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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