Vulnerability · CVE-2026-74222
CVE-2026-74222 is listed by USN-8930-1: U-Boot vulnerabilities.
Published Oct 14, 2026 · Canonical Ubuntu
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-74222. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical Ubuntu is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.30%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu
CVE-2026-74222 is listed by USN-8930-1: U-Boot vulnerabilities.
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2026-74222
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-74222. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical Ubuntu is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.30%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 14, 2026 · Ubuntu Security Notices
Detected
Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain NFS READ and NFS READLINK responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-74220, CVE-2026-74221) Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain HTTP data stor
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-74222
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-74222
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - Ubuntu Security NoticesVendor advisoryCVE-2026-74222
Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain NFS READ and NFS READLINK responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-74220, C
ubuntu.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.