CVE-2026-43461

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 2.1% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2026-08-05 12:28Z1 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-763Release of Invalid Pointer or ReferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

5e5367c76ce7e069418aa2c71a485f5de4d792b86250fee3ec9f674aaffac2d5

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a83d6c9e149a176340190fa9cbadf2266db4c9a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b88f1176074f80140ed77fce909f254b7180ab
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b20b437666e1cb26a7c499d1664e8f2a0ac67000