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CVE-2026-98703VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-98703· High

Not known to be exploited · fixed in f8ab6ae1fa360b0191252677f41e781dcb0ffe6e : patch Microsoft soon.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 12:19 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in f8ab6ae1fa360b0191252677f41e781dcb0ffe6e, eebc70f132041b35da9ec74d5d395083125289b2, 63097bf1b7f17f14bd9ffcae6590c63272da8bb0 +4

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
  • ≥ 24f7580e852b5472b51eea322bb78454df0054b8, < f8ab6ae1fa360b0191252677f41e781dcb0ffe6e
Fixed in
  • f8ab6ae1fa360b0191252677f41e781dcb0ffe6e
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 24f7580e852b5472b51eea322bb78454df0054b8, < eebc70f132041b35da9ec74d5d395083125289b2
Fixed in
  • eebc70f132041b35da9ec74d5d395083125289b2
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 24f7580e852b5472b51eea322bb78454df0054b8, < 63097bf1b7f17f14bd9ffcae6590c63272da8bb0
Fixed in
  • 63097bf1b7f17f14bd9ffcae6590c63272da8bb0
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 24f7580e852b5472b51eea322bb78454df0054b8, < 43082d604a9937b94ceb2e484403956d0f363324
Fixed in
  • 43082d604a9937b94ceb2e484403956d0f363324
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 24f7580e852b5472b51eea322bb78454df0054b8, < 42aa9feb27b600809414a3c6b0c650bafba542a9
Fixed in
  • 42aa9feb27b600809414a3c6b0c650bafba542a9
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 24f7580e852b5472b51eea322bb78454df0054b8, < 15fb9e3cea55fbc378261ce35a32b0f8828f0000
Fixed in
  • 15fb9e3cea55fbc378261ce35a32b0f8828f0000

Description

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