CVE-2026-72012

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 5.8% 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 2026-08-23.

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

2026-08-15 05:51Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-23 12:46Z11 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

109fce95245405e62944b44be2bd87b5e99d438f809171843da9e981f97c42f4

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428cedade9b2cc8e48f00742df0cfd770e77a803
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c693635bb7b3a9b6645831a84fed2af46cdf249
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38366140dc8ee3568c7f0191d517e117963bd580
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad36954b29592ce463254179c3043697678481f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0160a0842337f12e7694d68b184050afc6d3a4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe58f457ad8d0a2bef4e053cfecca4b5cd266b1a