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CVE-2026-43017: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.12% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0b706fb2294aff3adfd54653bda1b5e356ad4566, 244b639e6a3a8e26241e201004a3a9f764476631, 24fa32369cf15d8fc918bdfe94097b12e6acada0.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0b706fb2294aff3adfd54653bda1b5e356ad4566, 244b639e6a3a8e26241e201004a3a9f764476631, 24fa32369cf15d8fc918bdfe94097b12e6acada0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate mesh send advertising payload length mesh_send() currently bounds MGMT_OP_MESH_SEND by total command length, but it never verifies that the bytes supplied for the flexible adv_data[] array actually match the embedded adv_data_len field. MGMT_MESH_SEND_SIZE only covers the fixed header, so a truncated command can still pass the existing 20..50 byte range check and later drive the async mesh send path past the end of the queued command buffer. Keep rejecting zero-length and oversized advertising payloads, but validate adv_data_len explicitly and require the command length to exactly match the flexible array size before queueing the request.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 1, 2026
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 1th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.168
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.134
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.81
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.22
  • linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 6.19.12
  • linux linux kernel7.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.1affected
    • b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3 and later · before 24fa32369cf15d8fc918bdfe94097b12e6acada0affected · git
    • b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3 and later · before 244b639e6a3a8e26241e201004a3a9f764476631affected · git
    • b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3 and later · before 0b706fb2294aff3adfd54653bda1b5e356ad4566affected · git
    • b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3 and later · before edb5898cfa91afe7e8f83eda18d93034c953d632affected · git
    • b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3 and later · before 562ed1954f0c1bff3422b7b752bd3dacf185edbfaffected · git
    • b338d91703fae6f6afd67f3f75caa3b8f36ddef3 and later · before bda93eec78cdbfe5cda00785cefebd443e56b88baffected · git
    • before 6.1not affected · semver
    • 6.1.168 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.134 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.170-16.1.170-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.85-16.12.85-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.19.12-16.19.12-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-43014May 1, 2026 · net: macb: properly unregister fixed rate clocks
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-43015May 1, 2026 · net: macb: fix clk handling on PCI glue driver removal
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-43020May 1, 2026 · Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0b706fb2294aff3adfd54653bda1b5e356ad4566Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux244b639e6a3a8e26241e201004a3a9f764476631Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux24fa32369cf15d8fc918bdfe94097b12e6acada0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux562ed1954f0c1bff3422b7b752bd3dacf185edbfVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbda93eec78cdbfe5cda00785cefebd443e56b88bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxedb5898cfa91afe7e8f83eda18d93034c953d632Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.170-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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