CVE-2020-26088

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Sep 24, 2020 (Sep 24, 2020)

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.

Vendors: linux debian opensuse canonical
Products: linux kernel, debian linux, leap, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-276
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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