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Ubuntu Linux CVE-2026-95283

| EUVDEUVD-2026-89229 CRITICAL
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
2026-09-23 vendor:ubuntu GHSA-8qwp-j328-7j69
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vendor:ubuntu
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Insufficient data to determine access vector
  2. Exploit
    Vulnerability class unknown
  3. Impact
    Impact undetermined

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Cannot be determined from available data - the CVE description is marked '[Unknown description]', and no affected product feature, protocol, configuration setting, deployment mode, authentication level, or CVSS vector is provided. No statement can be made about whether special conditions, user interaction, or specific configurations are required. Obtain the affected source package and description from the Ubuntu CVE tracker before assessing prerequisites.

Impact

Risk cannot be meaningfully assessed from the supplied data. The only signal present is that the CVE was reported by vendor:ubuntu, indicating it is tracked in the Ubuntu security ecosystem and most likely affects a package shipped in Ubuntu; no description, affected product, affected version, CVSS base score, CVSS vector, or CWE was provided. Consequently there is no attack-vector, attack-complexity, or privilege signal to weigh, and no EPSS score, KEV status, SSVC decision, or POC indicator is present in the input. No exploitation-probability or automatability judgment can be made. This should be treated as an unscored, unclassified entry pending enrichment: consult the Ubuntu CVE tracker (ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-95283) and the upstream NVD record to obtain the affected source package, description, and severity before any prioritization decision. Presenting any severity here would be speculation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

No exploit scenario can be constructed because the affected product, vulnerability class, and attack vector are all unknown in the provided data. No public exploit or POC is referenced in the input. Enrichment from the Ubuntu security tracker and NVD is required before a realistic scenario can be described.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 24, 2026

Risk cannot be meaningfully assessed from the supplied data: CVE-2026-95283 is recorded only as a vendor-reported entry from Ubuntu, with the description marked '[Unknown description]' and no CVSS score, CVSS vector, CWE, CPE, or affected source package provided. Because the impacted component, deployment mode, and attack surface are all unidentified, no statement can be made about what an attacker could achieve, which versions are affected, or what preconditions (authentication, user interaction, configuration) would be required. There is no KEV listing and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, so the entry should be treated as an unassessed tracking record rather than a confirmed exploitable issue.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and no fix version can be cited because no package, release series, or advisory reference was supplied. The immediate action is to resolve the information gap rather than to apply a speculative mitigation: retrieve the Ubuntu security tracker entry for CVE-2026-95283 and any associated USN to obtain the affected source package, the per-series status table, and the fixed package version, then verify whether the system has that package installed. Where an affected package is confirmed present, stage the Ubuntu-provided update through the normal apt package flow (apt-get update followed by the targeted upgrade of the named package, or do-release-upgrade where the fix only lands in a later series) and reboot or restart the dependent service if the update touches a running daemon or shared library. Because the vulnerable feature is unknown, no feature-disable, port-blocking, or endpoint-restriction workaround can be recommended without risking either unnecessary loss of functionality or a false sense of protection; the only defensible compensating measure at this stage is to minimize exposure of unpatched Ubuntu hosts while monitoring the tracker. Residual risk should be documented as unassessed until the tracker data is obtained, and the entry should be re-reviewed whenever the Ubuntu tracker status or any USN is published.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 154.0.8037.57 <154.0.8037.57

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 154.0.8037.57

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The only technical signal available is the attribution to Ubuntu as the reporting vendor, which indicates this CVE is tracked in the Ubuntu security CVE database and is expected to map to one or more Ubuntu source packages, typically with a USN or package-level patch. The underlying technology, library, or protocol cannot be determined: no CPE string, no CWE classification, and no description text were supplied, so the root-cause class (for example injection, deserialization, memory-safety, or access-control weakness) is genuinely unknown and must not be guessed. In Ubuntu's model, an unpatched or newly assigned tracker entry usually precedes the publication of a per-release status table (affected, not affected, needs triage, deferred, ignored) and a corresponding fixed package version per series; until that data is retrieved, no inference about the vulnerable code path or the privilege level required to trigger it is supportable.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vendor:ubuntu) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE CRITICAL

Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:ubuntu).

CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:ubuntu

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

[Unknown description]

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

49
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +48
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

A heap overflow occurs when a program writes data beyond the bounds of a buffer allocated in the heap memory region.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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