CVE-2026-43440

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

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

2026-05-08 14:22Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 22:24Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-01

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9b1ded720e90df3c1f2b34682b59b95957162c3fe99607fc046253d816a65b30

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59489ce60d7412ed82fb1d8002faa3102dcd4916
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c92392602b451e3869f15ab685f8f650e942b13
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87c2302813abc55c46485711a678e3c312b00666