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CVE-2026-98502VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-98502· Low

Not known to be exploited · fixed in bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8 : update Microsoft when convenient.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 12:19 UTC

Severity
Low

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8, aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa, aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694 +5

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 7 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a, < bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8
Fixed in
  • bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a, < aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa
Fixed in
  • aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a, < aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694
Fixed in
  • aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a, < 1170ebfba562b3938ff7749b2e42e4420f19436d
Fixed in
  • 1170ebfba562b3938ff7749b2e42e4420f19436d
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a, < 978e801750c7b0859e87eae619f7d88fcd88333e
Fixed in
  • 978e801750c7b0859e87eae619f7d88fcd88333e
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a, < 10c14ba9a2f75be78bde46fb7f5432bf02b39676
Fixed in
  • 10c14ba9a2f75be78bde46fb7f5432bf02b39676

Description

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