CVE-2026-23185

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

0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 2.8% 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 2026-07-15.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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 16:27Z6 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:20Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-13

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

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
• CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

92a46cf91a11e5bde93a183a095d1fd9447a6d382adc8d7128519ae98169a881

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9f52f052f4953fecd2190ae2dde3aa76d10962
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff641011ab7fb63ea101251087745d9826e8ef5
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23185vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2439925https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439925issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-23185.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex