CVE-2026-23461

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

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 16.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.

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

2026-04-03 15:15Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:21Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-13

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-413Improper Resource LockingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f8312fd1b44f986bcf83a040a2e6fde2b5f35675980b0fd3b5c99455748c4612

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11a87dd5df428a4b79a84d2790cac7f3c73f1f0d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22a5e659959eb77c2fbb58a5adfaf3c3dab7abf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da3000cbe4851458a22be38bb18c0689c39fdd5f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71030f3b3015a412133a805ff47970cdcf30c2b8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752a6c9596dd25efd6978a73ff21f3b592668f4a