Description
The firewall rules which mark VXLAN datagrams for encryption indiscriminately match both authentic VXLAN datagrams sent from the kernel and forged datagrams sent by user processes. Any packet sent from the host network namespace of a Linux Swarm node is encrypted with the overlay-network IPsec parameters which meets the following criteria:

- UDP datagram
- Destination port is the Swarm data-path port
- Datagram starts with a VXLAN header for the VNI of an encrypted overlay network which any running container on the node is connected to
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Block userspace processes from sending UDP packets to the Swarm data-path port. iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp --dport "$(docker info --format '{{.Swarm.Cluster.DataPathPort}}')" -m owner --socket-exists -j DROP

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History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-346
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-284

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-290
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-284

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The firewall rules which mark VXLAN datagrams for encryption indiscriminately match both authentic VXLAN datagrams sent from the kernel and forged datagrams sent by user processes. Any packet sent from the host network namespace of a Linux Swarm node is encrypted with the overlay-network IPsec parameters which meets the following criteria: - UDP datagram - Destination port is the Swarm data-path port - Datagram starts with a VXLAN header for the VNI of an encrypted overlay network which any running container on the node is connected to
Title Blind VXLAN injection into encrypted overlay networks from cluster peer
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Docker

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T20:30:49.884Z

Reserved: 2026-09-16T13:00:30.172Z

Link: CVE-2026-92542

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T20:30:44.871Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-07T17:17:02.580

Modified: 2026-10-07T21:17:21.650

Link: CVE-2026-92542

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-07T16:42:20Z

Links: CVE-2026-92542 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-08T15:00:16Z

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