CVE-2026-22996

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.2% 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

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2026-01-25 14:36Z7 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 21:57Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-13

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c1f3b2cfdcaed80d15fe365b88c837dfa3228d6b20f61cfb3f57cbff8f50fa1e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb2ad755a16cb0ecd2dc98234d71a6e216ae7fe
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d4f87d41f5140f1cf5c02fce5cdad2637f6244
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/123eda2e5b1638e298e3a66bb1e64a8da92de5e1