CVE-2024-26853

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 47.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-04-17 10:17Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:27Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-02-19

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

405c379786e15766c81381769270ff6295e4b884271451a5a2e26b0bbafe7ac3

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63a3c1f3c9ecc654d851e7906d05334cd0c236e2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8df393af9e7e8dfd62e9c41dbaa4d2ff53bf794a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3b8231386a572bac8cd5b6fd7e944b84f9bb1f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef27f655b438bed4c83680e4f01e1cde2739854b