CVE-2025-38596

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.0% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2025-08-19 17:03Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:03Z29 DAYS 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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

dd63b859ef989bbc3bcb6c47f8bca5e9a7b844b52bff665e05da93da4b88c858

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2be12442db6a2904e6e31b0e3b5ad5aebf868b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe69a391808404977b1f002a6e7447de3de7a88e