CVE-2026-43016

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 2.6% 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

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2026-05-01 14:15Z4 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:25Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-01

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-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

850b27f9c18757c70ae5407adb0187d4ea65743f044e280d0e02460a61dcdd50

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d597e3e74027900ffa81b8ff47ab51999a3e110
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68187f18a89be4b6237d28ae1313b5adf76238c6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18861f87a043e78b1f901cae4237e755ed7ef095
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af95bc39a83d82ae6ad253986335037256888b3f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad8391d37f334ee73ba91926f8b4e4cf6d31ea04