CVE-2026-23462

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

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 18.0% 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 12:22Z1 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-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

dfb9a471908f145a38cc32bde62928dfa2a40fa00dd2f7348eade184174fd91c

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