CVE-2026-64137
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: require net admin for CIFS SWN netlink
CIFS_GENL_CMD_SWN_NOTIFY is the userspace witness-notify command. The intended sender is the cifs.witness helper, but the generic-netlink operation currently has no capability flag, so any local process can send RESOURCE_CHANGE or CLIENT_MOVE notifications to the in-kernel witness handler.
The same family exposes CIFS_GENL_MCGRP_SWN without multicast-group capability flags. Register messages sent to that group include the witness registration id and, for NTLM-authenticated mounts, the username, domain, and password attributes copied from the CIFS session. An unprivileged local process should not be able to join that group and receive those messages.
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Require CAP_NET_ADMIN for incoming SWN_NOTIFY commands with GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and require CAP_NET_ADMIN over the network namespace for joining the SWN multicast group with GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN. The cifs.witness service runs with the privileges needed for both operations.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 6
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1078Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access75 % - Impacto secundario
T1552Unsecured Credentialscredential access80 %
Escalada de privilegios local (AV:L, PR:L): un proceso sin privilegios accede a credenciales NTLM (usuario, dominio, contraseña) del kernel mediante la falta de verificación CAP_NET_ADMIN en netlink SWN.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/969bc6370334a5b4720c5470783295d6484bbc95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9919021a3b7974ae66a5f9915e3a48c10cfd409b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cf7eb8919344932f909b2fac76296f7656fda8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3238b09c58f323e40743ce174cd0ab81b5c09ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d17d22db591099519a89f14dd24810daba74c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2397b93fbb6f44a788fff30f99be2c20cc5e50f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ebfce2c1d161186a82e77590bf7da2ea1bce91
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