CVE-2026-46240

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

2026-05-28 09:41Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:30Z1 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-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d7036af7c47d6182c22643edbc4c7fdb9e7fd988323d537b3b729d460a268d06

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd24998a4a4016fb9921916024399bd80f0d45c6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18c64439f249859b6140f7bf8bcf95c8ed841f28
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27cfdcfc916bb59297825805f4c3499f89f9e76