# Linode (Akamai): Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432

> Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432. Detected 2026-11-02 by Rewindex: what changed on Linode (Akamai)’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r097839412d4129
Last updated: 2026-11-02T11:03:45Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Incident update · Label: Normal progress (rule)
- Changed: 2026-11-02 11:03 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-02 11:03 UTC
- [Source: https://status.linode.com/incidents/nt58zhx3pmgm](https://status.linode.com/incidents/nt58zhx3pmgm)
- [Company: Linode (Akamai)](https://rewindex.com/company/linode-akamai.md)
- Versions: before incident\_version:86/nt58zhx3pmgm@a4555553dabd → after incident\_version:86/nt58zhx3pmgm@3ded30ecb74d
- Change 3 of 5 for this incident

## Downplayed?

Vendor rated this none; a Hacker News thread about it drew 197 points and 109 comments. [Linode Security Incident](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310687)

_This is an automated signal, not a finding. It compares the vendor’s own impact rating with public Hacker News activity (points, comments in the first hour, distinct commenters, first-hand symptom reports). HN users skew technical, so the impact on any one customer may differ. Method: [About: Hacker News signals](https://rewindex.com/about#signals)_
Incident page (full timeline): [Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432](https://rewindex.com/company/linode-akamai/incidents/nt58zhx3pmgm.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-11-02 10:55 UTC

```diff
+ While we continue to deploy kernel patches across our infrastructure, we have also deployed network rules that drop IPv4 packets with optional headers on public and VPC interfaces. This eliminates the immediate attack vector and protects our infrastructure as well as customer workloads without impacting performance or functionality, and notably is not limited to only focusing on the MPTCP exploit, but the underlying vulnerability. We continue to track upstream OS provider security releases and will make updated distributions available to customers as they are released. Customers using the Linode provided kernel are likewise advised to deploy the latest version when it becomes available as well.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-30 21:23 UTC | [Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432](https://rewindex.com/change/r98d9bf974c0cce.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-31 02:03 UTC | [Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432](https://rewindex.com/change/r20ef385b09edfe.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-02 11:03 UTC | Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432 (this change) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-02 20:03 UTC | [Incident silently edited: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432](https://rewindex.com/change/r023455a1764f2d.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-11-09 21:33 UTC | [Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432](https://rewindex.com/change/rad533207e1f680.md) | Normal progress |

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## Cite this

Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432 on Linode (Akamai)’s status page, changed 2026-11-02 11:03 UTC (change 3 of 5).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/r097839412d4129
- Citation: Linode (Akamai), “Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432” (2026-11-02 11:03 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/r097839412d4129 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Linode (Akamai): Incident updated: Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432 (2026-11-02)](https://rewindex.com/change/r097839412d4129)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r097839412d4129 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/r097839412d4129.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/r097839412d4129 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-11T05:26:53.997Z