CVE-2026-72009

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.5% 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

Low. 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

2026-08-15 05:51Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:39Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

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

d16653b015dadee0102d01b6087d43c6ed7f538c80aa040b2955e4a8e4239a44

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fd5b33faf092ef2d09f730a7d9e49f9e976ac67
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ba6d7166750d0b810c6cfc0b1df7585f513b48c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99611233f8cda833169fa6487d5dacdf189e5cb0