CVE-2026-43493
Critical
Published: 19 May 2026
Published
19 May 2026
Modified
20 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0002
6.9th percentile
Risk Priority
20
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2026-43493 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Kernel (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 6.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
NVD Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY. Handle them by checking for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
Details
- CWE(s)
Affected Products
Kernel
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE