CVE-2026-23161

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

0.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 0.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2026-02-14 16:01Z6 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:20Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-13

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:L/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3de9ca79857b3f00d408c223b7dd107ddbf99dd5593479dda04e8bf21fa46604

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99f9a4669a04662c8f9efe0e62cafc598153139
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b23bee8cdb7aabce5701a7f57414db5a354ae8ed
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1968bd997f45a9b11aefeabdd1232e1b6c7184