CVE-2026-43042

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

0.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 1.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (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:N/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 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

fde0a1bb75aba489340a138ec04744cedbfd8796557d750b29a3d9d8701156d2

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb3caf0bbfb56f1a00d2af072ac3d8395a3b9ef
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/629ec78ef8608d955ce217880cdc3e1873af3a15