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CVE-2020-36694

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36694 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter component of the Linux kernel, affecting versions before 5.10. This flaw arises from mishandling of per-CPU sequence counts during concurrent iptables rule replacements. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), exploitation requires CAP_NET_ADMIN capability within an unprivileged namespace, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.rt7.72.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-36694Moderate

kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in the packet processing context

May 22, 2023

References

cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10
Release Notes
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12
Release Notes
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Mailing ListPatch
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230622-0005
syzkaller.appspot.com / bug
ExploitThird Party Advisory