CVE-2026-53198: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2026-53198 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-416: Use After Free) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2026-53198 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 8.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2026-53198
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2026-53198, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-416: Use After Free, where the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"id" : "GHSA-62m5-m548-5v5f",
"modified" : "2026-10-15T03:36:15Z",
"published" : "2026-06-25T09:31:20Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-53198" ],
"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: fix use-after-free of a deferred file_lock on double SMB2_CANCEL\n\nA deferred byte-range lock (an SMB2_LOCK that blocks) registers an async work on\nconn->async_requests via setup_async_work(), with cancel_fn =\nsmb2_remove_blocked_lock and cancel_argv[0] pointing at the struct file_lock.\n\nWhen the request is cancelled, the worker frees the file_lock with\nlocks_free_lock() and takes the cancelled early-exit, which \"goto out\"s and never\nreaches release_async_work() -- the only site that unlinks the work from\nconn->async_requests and clears cancel_fn/cancel_argv. The work therefore stays\nmatchable on async_requests with a live cancel_fn pointing at the freed file_lock,\nuntil connection teardown finally runs release_async_work().\n\nsmb2_cancel() fires cancel_fn unconditionally with no state guard, so a second\nSMB2_CANCEL for the same AsyncId, arriving in that window, re-runs\nsmb2_remove_blocked_lock() on the freed file_lock -- a slab use-after-free:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __locks_delete_block\n __locks_delete_block\n locks_delete_block\n ksmbd_vfs_posix_lock_unblock\n smb2_remove_blocked_lock\n smb2_cancel <- 2nd SMB2_CANCEL fires cancel_fn\n handle_ksmbd_work\n Allocated by ...: locks_alloc_lock <- smb2_lock\n Freed by ...: locks_free_lock <- smb2_lock (cancelled branch)\n ... cache file_lock_cache of size 192\n\nReproduced on mainline with KASAN by an authenticated SMB client.\n\nSkip a work whose state is already KSMBD_WORK_CANCELLED so its cancel callback\ncannot be fired a second time.",
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