Is CVE-2026-23296 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-23296 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-23296?

CVE-2026-23296 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (Important).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-23296?

CVE-2026-23296 has an EPSS score of 0.12% (2th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-23296?

Upgrade linux on debian 12 to 6.1.170-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-23296

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix refcount leak for tagset_refcnt This leak will cause a hang when tearing down the SCSI host. For example, iscsid hangs with the following call trace: [130120.652718] scsi_alloc_sdev: Allocation failure during SCSI scanning, some SCSI devices might not be configured PID: 2528 TASK: ffff9d0408974e00 CPU: 3 COMMAND: "iscsid" #0 [ffffb5b9c134b9e0] __schedule at ffffffff860657d4 #1 [ffffb5b9c134ba28] schedule at ffffffff86065c6f #2 [ffffb5b9c134ba40] schedule_timeout at ffffffff86069fb0 #3 [ffffb5b9c134bab0] __wait_for_common at ffffffff8606674f #4 [ffffb5b9c134bb10] scsi_remove_host at ffffffff85bfe84b #5 [ffffb5b9c134bb30] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy at ffffffffc03031c4 [iscsi_tcp] #6 [ffffb5b9c134bb48] iscsi_if_recv_msg at ffffffffc0292692 [scsi_transport_iscsi] #7 [ffffb5b9c134bb98] iscsi_if_rx at ffffffffc02929c2 [scsi_transport_iscsi] #8 [ffffb5b9c134bbf0] netlink_unicast at ffffffff85e551d6 #9 [ffffb5b9c134bc38] netlink_sendmsg at ffffffff85e554ef

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.1.170-1CVE-2026-23296

Fixed in:6.12.85-1CVE-2026-23296

Fixed in:6.19.8-1CVE-2026-23296

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch7

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