CVE-2026-46242

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

3.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.0% 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

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2026-05-30 12:13Z3 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

3001e18ce56be7e7852ef85641759e7c35079957c13eb65a08b292ba6f700e38

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e1144d2515d28e4312e663ea05eac203101491d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2de4db145b2992da496fea6c51f9839be678ae24
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9324de74a3a59b9fde9b62ee45ebaa71458ba2e5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef4ca02e95363e78977ca04340d44fe3b4b2b81f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced39b6a8062bac5c18a1c3df85634107eb8664a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6dc643c69311677c574a0f17a3f4d66a5f3744b
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/08/14