CVE-2026-43462

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

0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 26.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

2026-05-08 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 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-763Release of Invalid Pointer or ReferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9c5609ad904ec2664ccdeb79b8bc387b78e9b3a6e8b984db3fb377f9b44bc687

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34ebd7b24ea70be3c6fdb6936f79f593f37df60
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edeaba385318f60ec1b32470da4d5eb800294d16
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86292155bea578ebab0ca3b65d4d87ecd8a0e9ea