CVE-2020-26088

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A missing CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation in net/nfc/rawsock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2 could be used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms, aka CID-26896f01467a.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 24, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-26088: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix