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CVE-2026-98823VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-98823· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in dd7973a4130b0862be38d7e08cc0e874b3d99967 : update Microsoft when convenient.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 12:19 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in dd7973a4130b0862be38d7e08cc0e874b3d99967, cc45f313d85533d647ce619326302aad6f797c14, 5617d5328839003c91007ce906b4f100b43926e9 +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
  • ≥ 0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f, < dd7973a4130b0862be38d7e08cc0e874b3d99967
Fixed in
  • dd7973a4130b0862be38d7e08cc0e874b3d99967
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f, < cc45f313d85533d647ce619326302aad6f797c14
Fixed in
  • cc45f313d85533d647ce619326302aad6f797c14
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f, < 5617d5328839003c91007ce906b4f100b43926e9
Fixed in
  • 5617d5328839003c91007ce906b4f100b43926e9
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f, < 49b66110a08e4f926f6393e938f226de2750a08b
Fixed in
  • 49b66110a08e4f926f6393e938f226de2750a08b
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f, < 8f79f429dc87a4f21e4fcf9a4d3df9484ca9a294
Fixed in
  • 8f79f429dc87a4f21e4fcf9a4d3df9484ca9a294
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f, < 5f27581c176f84b52ec0ab9be7b500c10667ef60
Fixed in
  • 5f27581c176f84b52ec0ab9be7b500c10667ef60

Description

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