CVE-2026-53287

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53287
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53287.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-53287
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-26T19:40:47.946Z
Modified
2026-07-09T18:30:05.344856577Z
Summary
audit: fix incorrect inheritable capability in CAPSET records
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

audit: fix incorrect inheritable capability in CAPSET records

_auditlogcapset() records the effective capability set into the inheritable field due to a copy-paste error. Every CAPSET audit record therefore reports cappi (process inheritable) with the value of capeffective instead of capinheritable.

This silently corrupts audit data used for compliance and forensic analysis: an attacker who modifies inheritable capabilities to prepare for a privilege-escalating exec would have the change masked in the audit trail.

The bug has been present since the original introduction of CAPSET audit records in 2008.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53287.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87
Fixed
75bd76c9eb2de9afeca03dc5152ebca5fb8fc816
Fixed
febb4bf373ac565d3fb8d1f429827bdd983be496
Fixed
95de7bb4bf535a9288549d401ebde83cdcbf2792
Fixed
151ee470edc3d7ed29fe72df678f8357d2ad8ced
Fixed
0a065c51a225854768b772a0b733a44d77162582
Fixed
e35f3550c5b4fab33103c18654c293cee9850b0a
Fixed
d782e4d200cd9036ef353eeb29525bfbfd13a14e
Fixed
e4a640475e43f406fdfd56d370b1f34b0cbbc18d

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53287.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.29
Fixed
5.10.258
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.209
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.175
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.141
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.91
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.33
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.0.10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53287.json"