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CVE-2026-98701VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-98701· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46 : update Microsoft when convenient.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 12:18 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46, a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb, a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d +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
  • ≥ ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb, < b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46
Fixed in
  • b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb, < a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb
Fixed in
  • a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb, < a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d
Fixed in
  • a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb, < 56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2
Fixed in
  • 56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb, < 7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4
Fixed in
  • 7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb, < 57bfaa8b2853425ab1b83114d823a62fe63f859f
Fixed in
  • 57bfaa8b2853425ab1b83114d823a62fe63f859f

Description

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