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CVE-2026-31431VulnerabilityPublished

SUSE · Security update for the Linux Kernel

Affects SUSESource GCVE Database

0

Public exploit available (Metasploit).

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:52 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: evidence found.

    1 Metasploit module

  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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A security update has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 that fixes this vulnerability by reverting to an out-of-place operation in algif_aead. Users should apply this official security update to remediate the issue.

Description

A security issue identified as CVE-2026-31431 affecting the SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was fixed by reverting to operating out-of-place in the algif_aead component. This update addresses the 'copy.fail' security issue.

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