CVE-2026-72046

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

0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 46.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

2026-08-15 05:52Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:39Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

67c1d40b3108dc5974ad869d94269ddfc42ef90ab08148e9f95d8153784c14e2

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84d3753d4bf284ef770ead6dee2270aaabb3ef41
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35267819b25074084130b6a7be18bbaf44d3ae74
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8e7f59b0c2f466be74bd923726b0f5496c27ad
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d676c9a73bdcd8237425dbb826f2bd1a25c36e40