CVE-2026-68440

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

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-17.

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

2026-08-12 00:07Z23 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:05Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-07-30

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

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0924af9845c6b740de190cfb62ae32ba2907ddc8869a9d07bcf119a1703e8b37

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febcced6958158e7e90a55a8567b3f5c3639c0b9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a905a71fd43ce8b45f05044b11491337f232c9d