CVE-2026-72043

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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 6.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (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:N

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

2026-08-15 05:52Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:39Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

840c42e9d3fbe0886abc39c595bea2ddb1971853343d4006591e4fcb6cdf037e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76f88650763a35cbf1384c65d66d096fa31cc58d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a916579e427af32f2de8213dfa23c5df6e6664
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39bb21a4bff0d70058bf752d7b5aa2e2ccc864a9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a65f49b6f7ece756394f8f0e85570020e7fd0e35
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e483da960892c41fa7f0cf0d2fc2410d65a483d6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018e9828eb523c638fa3d9bdf0fd4956b74555b2