CVE-2026-38754

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 14.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-22.

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

2026-07-15 00:00Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-22 14:42Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-04-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6c0e89ebc275136bc4442352c221663c133a8a929fdf14c9cf5491bce2a00d0a

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