CVE-2024-26971

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

0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 13.9% 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

2024-05-01 05:19Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:28Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-02-19

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-129Improper Validation of Array IndexVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b473fda492ee6cb319be6c0f066fd72d4ac85807530629aad1864443191f2940

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0cf3d200e8a72b6d28e6e088c062b4a98cb5eaf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f4bef0667947b826848db1c45a645f751357c1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50c3acd460551cdf9d8ac6fe0c04f2de0e8e0872
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ad946fff70f312b8d23226afc38c13ddd88c4b