CVE-2025-38396

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

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

2025-07-25 12:53Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:01Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

72341facad3ec141e5a186758a50f3eb73e23bfc79e769254a369d1175021373

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66d29d757c968d2bee9124816da5d718eb352959
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3eed01347721cd7a8819568161c91d538fbf229
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f94c422157f3e43dd31990567b3e5d54b3e5b32b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca45ea48530332a4ba09595767bd26d3232743b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbe4134ea4bc493239786220bd69cb8a13493190
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html