CVE-2026-43465

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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: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

2026-08-05 12:28Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-01

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b3adb7e962708696f446aad2e2a9d1658c84b802ed290722055ef30da641d283

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d7342a18fadcdb70a63b3c930dc63528ce51832
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/043bd62f748bc9fd98154037aa598cffbd3c667c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db25c42c2e1f9c0d136420fff5e5700f7e771a6f