CVE-2026-45980

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

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

2026-05-27 12:18Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:29Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-13

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-826Premature Release of Resource During Expected LifetimeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

7e2f99022de476f9ca2dcbb26a1d716deb94bf8fc362a58d526675c147fd61da

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79d31dce49b50c79620389b3639280802a86960
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/688c3ff079b10e4600f040944430d3d4ff448a15
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1370241fe8045702bc9d0812b996791f0500f1b