HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-31392
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CVE-2026-31392

Published: April 3, 2026· Updated: Apr 7, 2026

EPSS:0.02%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:6.6th

Official Description

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

smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option

Customer reported that some of their krb5 mounts were failing against

a single server as the client was trying to mount the shares with

wrong credentials. It turned out the client was reusing SMB session

from first mount to try mounting the other shares, even though a

different username= option had been specified to the other mounts.

By using username mount option along with sec=krb5 to search for

principals from keytab is supported by cifs.upcall(8) since

cifs-utils-4.8. So fix this by matching username mount option in

match_session() even with Kerberos.

For example, the second mount below should fail with -ENOKEY as there

is no 'foobar' principal in keytab (/etc/krb5.keytab). The client

ends up reusing SMB session from first mount to perform the second

one, which is wrong.

```

$ ktutil

ktutil: add_entry -password -p testuser -k 1 -e aes256-cts

Password for [email protected]:

ktutil: write_kt /etc/krb5.keytab

ktutil: quit

$ klist -ke

Keytab name: FILE:/etc/krb5.keytab

KVNO Principal

---- ----------------------------------------------------------------

1 [email protected] (aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96)

$ mount.cifs //w22-root2/scratch /mnt/1 -o sec=krb5,username=testuser

$ mount.cifs //w22-root2/scratch /mnt/2 -o sec=krb5,username=foobar

$ mount -t cifs | grep -Po 'username=\K\w+'

testuser

testuser

```

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-31392 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

Affected Vendors & Products

Mentioned vendors (from description):
Linux
CPE data not yet available in NVD for this CVE.

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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All References (6)

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-31392
SeverityNONE
CISA KEVNo
EPSS (30d)0.02%
PublishedApr 3, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
  • Monitor CVE-2026-31392 in threat intel feeds
  • Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
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