{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-72055","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-09T03:40:39.903Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:52:11.413Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:39:52.104Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:39:52.104Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ip6_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink\n\nvti6_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the\ntunnel link netns t->net. They differ once the device is created in or\nmoved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl\nchangelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a\ncaller privileged there but not in t->net can rewrite a tunnel that\nlives in t->net.\n\nGate vti6_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top,\nbefore any attribute is parsed."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The flaw is only reachable through rtnetlink configuration (RTM_NEWLINK changelink via netlink socket), not from remote IPv6/IPsec packets processed by vti6_rcv; kernel guidance classifies netlink/tc paths as Local.\nAC:L - Exploitation is a deterministic attacker-controlled sequence (create vti6, move netns so dev_net(dev) != t->net, issue changelink) with no races, timing dependencies, or uncontrollable victim state once the cross-namespace device exists.\nPR:L - The rtnl entry path requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in dev_net(dev), obtainable by an unprivileged local user inside a user+network namespace (unshare --user --map-root-user --net) without init-namespace root or CAP_NET_ADMIN in t->net.\nUI:N - Exploitation is fully programmatic through netlink from the attacker's own process; no victim action such as mounting a filesystem, opening a file, or clicking is required.\nS:C - vti6_changelink mutates live tunnel state and hash tables in t->net while authorization is checked only against dev_net(dev), crossing from the attacker's net/user namespace into another tenant's or the host's network namespace IPsec tunnel configuration.\nC:H - Unauthorized changelink can rewrite IFLA_VTI_LOCAL/REMOTE, IKEY/OKEY, and FWMARK to redirect IPv6 IPsec VTI traffic through attacker-controlled endpoints, exposing decrypted tunneled payloads on the receive path.\nI:H - The attacker can arbitrarily reconfigure live vti6 tunnel endpoints, keys, link binding, and routing metadata in t->net without authorization, enabling traffic redirection and injection across the victim namespace's IPsec VPN paths.\nA:H - Rewriting or invalidating vti6 tunnel endpoints, keys, or link configuration can break production IPsec VPN overlays and dependent services, causing sustained loss of connectivity for workloads in the victim network 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