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Ubuntu CVE-2026-95318

| EUVDEUVD-2026-89238 CRITICAL
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
2026-09-23 vendor:ubuntu GHSA-gjxx-mvj8-57wj
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
    Unknown access vector
  2. Exploit
    Unknown vulnerability trigger
  3. Impact
    Unknown impact

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. The record contains no description, product name, protocol, configuration setting, or deployment mode, and no CVSS vector, so neither prerequisites nor limiting factors (authentication level, user interaction, non-default config, affected versions) can be extracted. Re-assess once NVD/Ubuntu enrichment provides a description and vector.

Impact

This CVE cannot be meaningfully risk-assessed from the provided data. There is no description, no CVSS base score or vector, no CWE, no EPSS probability, no KEV listing, no POC, and no reference URLs - the only signal is that it was reported by vendor:ubuntu. Because no CVSS vector is present, attack vector, complexity, and privilege requirements are all unknown, and no SSVC decision inputs (exploitation status, automatable, technical impact) can be derived. Exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' (neither KEV nor POC is set). This is neither a confirmable priority nor a confirmable low-risk issue - it is an unenriched placeholder record. CVE-2026-95318 falls in the numeric gap below the September-2026 Google Chrome cluster (CVE-2026-95344 through 95357) and shares the same Ubuntu-only reporting shape as adjacent data-void IDs, but there is NO evidence tying it to Chrome or any specific product, so no inference should be drawn. Verify directly with NVD and the Ubuntu Security tracker once the record is enriched.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

No exploit scenario can be constructed: the vulnerability has no description, affected product, or attack vector. No public proof-of-concept exists. Any scenario would be pure speculation.

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

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 24, 2026

CVE-2026-95318 is currently an unenriched record that cannot be meaningfully risk-assessed: the only attributable data point is that it was reported by vendor:ubuntu, with no description, no CPE strings, no CWE, no CVSS score or vector, and no references supplied. There is no confirmation of what component, package, or Ubuntu release is affected, whether exploitation requires authentication or user interaction, or what the resulting impact would be. Neither confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) nor publicly available exploit code exists in the available data, so the exploitation status is best described as no public exploit identified at time of analysis. This analysis should be treated as provisional and re-run once Ubuntu Security Notices or NVD enrichment supply a description, affected version range, and CVSS vector.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and because the affected component and version range are unknown, no specific upgrade target or configuration workaround can be prescribed. The primary action is therefore intelligence gathering rather than mitigation: subscribe to Ubuntu Security Notices and Canonical's CVE tracker for CVE-2026-95318, and to NVD for CVSS, CWE, and CPE enrichment, then re-assess. If this CVE turns out to affect a package deployed in your estate, standard Ubuntu update practice applies once a fixed package version is published, namely apt update followed by apt upgrade or an unattended-upgrades cycle, with the caveat that upgrading shared libraries can require service restarts and may break dependent applications pinned to older sonames. As a holding measure while the record is incomplete, apply generic exposure reduction that carries limited operational side effects: keep internet-facing Ubuntu hosts behind an authenticated reverse proxy or VPN rather than directly reachable, ensure unattended-upgrades is enabled for security pockets, and restrict inbound access to services that are not required to be public. These are precautionary and cannot be confirmed as targeted mitigations for this specific flaw, since the vulnerability class and attack vector remain unknown.

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

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

No technical detail can be derived from the supplied intelligence. The record contains no CWE mapping, so the root-cause class (for example injection, deserialization, path traversal, or access-control weakness) is unknown, and no CVSS vector is present, so the access vector, attack complexity, privileges required, and user-interaction requirements cannot be established. No CPE identifiers were provided, which means the underlying technology, library, service, or protocol at issue cannot be pinned down, and it is not even certain whether the flaw resides in an Ubuntu-maintained package, an upstream project shipped in Ubuntu, or Ubuntu-specific tooling. The single signal available is the attribution tag vendor:ubuntu, indicating the record entered the pipeline through Canonical's vulnerability reporting or CVE assignment process; that attribution identifies the reporting source, not the vulnerable component. Because the independent assessment explicitly states that neither prerequisites nor limiting factors can be extracted, no assumptions should be made about default versus non-default configuration, network exposure, or deployment mode until authoritative enrichment arrives.

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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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