CVE-2026-42997

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 36.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

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

2026-05-05 00:00Z4 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-15 11:49Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-669Incorrect Resource Transfer Between SpheresClass
• CWE-201Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent DataBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4993e2907d6c9e94e75a897accbf726cfc2dd4860f56e6a9a937c88f88af6b81

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/10
• security.openstack.orghttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-010.html
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/10
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42997vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2466844https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466844issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42997.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39811vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT