CVE-2026-43237

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

0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 2.5% 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

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

2026-05-06 11:28Z4 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:26Z1 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-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2db310eeec216cae9d01ac4e6c7935a2bc2d03c47e833a4d35cef281e210d5e5

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9e477d3197f7d8955a042c0d7f53f78f13218ba
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0399b8416ecf64ef86ad23401fe23eabdb07831a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd8150a1b3370a9f7761c5814202a3fe5a79f44f