Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In May 2026
Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust vulnerability in Erlang OTP public_key (pubkey_cert module) allows a non-CA certificate to be accepted as an intermediate issuer, enabling certificate chain forgery.
In lib/public_key/src/pubkey_cert.erl, pubkey_cert:validate_extensions/7 contains two flaws that together allow a certificate with basicConstraints cA:false and no keyUsage extension to be used as an intermediate issuer in a chain passed to public_key:pkix_path_validation/3: the cA:false clause recurses into the remaining extensions without rejecting the certificate when it is in issuer position, and the keyUsage check only fires when the extension is present, so a certificate lacking keyUsage entirely bypasses the keyCertSign enforcement.
Any party holding an end-entity certificate with basicConstraints cA:false and no keyUsage extension, issued by any CA in the victim's trust store, can use that certificate's private key to sign forged leaf certificates for arbitrary identities. public_key:pkix_path_validation/3 accepts the resulting chain, and by extension every TLS or mTLS endpoint built on the OTP ssl application that relies on the default verifier is affected, including server identity verification on the client side and client certificate verification on mTLS servers.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 26.2.5.21, OTP 27.3.4.12, OTP 28.5.0.1, and OTP 29.0.1, corresponding to public_key from 0.22 before 1.15.1.7, 1.17.1.3, 1.20.3.1, and 1.21.1. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to public_key before 0.22, is affected is unknown.
CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-05-27
IBM Netezza Performance Server Replication Services 3.0.2.0 through 3.0.5.0 allows an attacker with low‑privileged access to escalate their privileges to root. By exploiting this flaw, the attacker can execute root‑level commands, obtain a root shell, and change the root user’s password. Successful exploitation also enables modification or removal of system‑wide files and the installation of persistent backdoors. This results in full system compromise with complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
IBM Cloud APM, Base Private 8.1.4 and IBM Cloud APM, Advanced Private 8.1.4 IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper neutralization of special elements in the data query logic of the Fenced environment.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-05-27
IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Fabrication 1.0.0, 1.0.0.1, 1.0.0.2, 1.0.2, 1.0.2.2, 1.0.2.3, 1.0.2.4, 1.0.2.5, 1.0.2.6, 1.0.2.7 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2026-05-27
A flaw was found in Samba’s handling of NTFS-style reparse points on shares configured with read only = yes. Due to missing SMB-layer access checks, authenticated users with underlying filesystem write permissions may create or delete reparse point metadata through SMB operations even on read-only exports. This could allow modification of SMB-visible file behavior, including converting files into symbolic links or other reparse point types.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2026-05-27
libusb before version 1.0.30 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB configuration descriptor where an interface claims bNumEndpoints greater than zero but is followed by a class-specific descriptor whose bLength exceeds the remaining buffer size, causing parse_interface() to return early without allocating the endpoint array. Attackers can exploit this flaw through libusb_get_active_config_descriptor or libusb_get_config_descriptor by providing crafted descriptors via virtualized USB passthrough, file-based descriptor parsing, or network sources, causing any application iterating over endpoints to dereference a NULL endpoint pointer and crash.
CVSS Score
6.9
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
A flaw was found in Samba’s vfs_worm module. The module is intended to provide write-once, read-many (WORM) protections by preventing modification of files after a configurable grace period. Due to insufficient validation during rename operations, an authenticated user with write access to a share could overwrite a protected file by renaming a newly created file over the existing WORM-protected file.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/display/dp_mst: Add protection against 0 vcpi
When releasing a timeslot there is a slight chance we may end up
with the wrong payload mask due to overflow if the delayed_destroy_work
ends up coming into play after a DP 2.1 monitor gets disconnected
which causes vcpi to become 0 then we try to make the payload =
~BIT(vcpi - 1) which is a negative shift. VCPI id should never
really be 0 hence skip changing the payload mask if VCPI is 0.
Otherwise it leads to
<7> [515.287237] xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm:drm_dp_mst_get_port_malloc
[drm_display_helper]] port ffff888126ce9000 (3)
<4> [515.287267] -----------[ cut here ]-----------
<3> [515.287268] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in
../drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c:4575:36
<3> [515.287271] shift exponent -1 is negative
<4> [515.287275] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 3108 Comm: kworker/u64:33 Tainted: G
S U 6.17.0-rc6-lgci-xe-xe-3795-3e79699fa1b216e92+ #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
<4> [515.287279] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [U]=USER
<4> [515.287279] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME Z790-P
WIFI, BIOS 1645 03/15/2024
<4> [515.287281] Workqueue: drm_dp_mst_wq drm_dp_delayed_destroy_work
[drm_display_helper]
<4> [515.287303] Call Trace:
<4> [515.287304] <TASK>
<4> [515.287306] dump_stack_lvl+0xc1/0xf0
<4> [515.287313] dump_stack+0x10/0x20
<4> [515.287316] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x133/0x2e0
<4> [515.287324] ? drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state+0x186/0x1d0
<4> [515.287333] drm_dp_atomic_release_time_slots.cold+0x17/0x3d
[drm_display_helper]
<4> [515.287355] mst_connector_atomic_check+0x159/0x180 [xe]
<4> [515.287546] drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset+0x4d9/0xfa0
<4> [515.287550] ? __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x6f/0x1a60
<4> [515.287562] intel_atomic_check+0x119/0x2b80 [xe]
<4> [515.287740] ? find_held_lock+0x31/0x90
<4> [515.287747] ? lock_release+0xce/0x2a0
<4> [515.287754] drm_atomic_check_only+0x6a2/0xb40
<4> [515.287758] ? drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors+0x12b/0x140
<4> [515.287765] drm_atomic_commit+0x6e/0xf0
<4> [515.287766] ? _pfx__drm_printfn_info+0x10/0x10
<4> [515.287774] drm_client_modeset_commit_atomic+0x25c/0x2b0
<4> [515.287794] drm_client_modeset_commit_locked+0x60/0x1b0
<4> [515.287795] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x30
<4> [515.287801] drm_client_modeset_commit+0x26/0x50
<4> [515.287804] __drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0xdc/0x110
<4> [515.287810] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x120/0x140
<4> [515.287814] drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x28/0xd0
<4> [515.287819] drm_client_hotplug+0x6c/0xf0
<4> [515.287824] drm_client_dev_hotplug+0x9e/0xd0
<4> [515.287829] drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event+0x1a/0x30
<4> [515.287834] drm_dp_delayed_destroy_work+0x3df/0x410
[drm_display_helper]
<4> [515.287861] process_one_work+0x22b/0x6f0
<4> [515.287874] worker_thread+0x1e8/0x3d0
<4> [515.287879] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
<4> [515.287882] kthread+0x11c/0x250
<4> [515.287886] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
<4> [515.287890] ret_from_fork+0x2d7/0x310
<4> [515.287894] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
<4> [515.287897] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ima: Fix stack-out-of-bounds in is_bprm_creds_for_exec()
KASAN reported a stack-out-of-bounds access in ima_appraise_measurement
from is_bprm_creds_for_exec:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in ima_appraise_measurement+0x12dc/0x16a0
Read of size 1 at addr ffffc9000160f940 by task sudo/550
The buggy address belongs to stack of task sudo/550
and is located at offset 24 in frame:
ima_appraise_measurement+0x0/0x16a0
This frame has 2 objects:
[48, 56) 'file'
[80, 148) 'hash'
This is caused by using container_of on the *file pointer. This offset
calculation is what triggers the stack-out-of-bounds error.
In order to fix this, pass in a bprm_is_check boolean which can be set
depending on how process_measurement is called. If the caller has a
linux_binprm pointer and the function is BPRM_CHECK we can determine
is_check and set it then. Otherwise set it to false.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/panthor: Fix NULL pointer dereference on panthor_fw_unplug
This patch removes the MCU halt and wait for halt procedures during
panthor_fw_unplug() as the MCU can be in a variety of states or the FW
may not even be loaded/initialized at all, the latter of which can lead
to a NULL pointer dereference.
It should be safe on unplug to just disable the MCU without waiting for
it to halt as it may not be able to.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27