CVE-2026-72071

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

Ranks above 6.8% 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 2026-08-17.

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 05:40Z18 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

185e37c4185937bc2e00dbbf03c08e6ba1dbe404c4f76d21259b29c72d730b84

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25acb6711da6fa0382744fa92bd6d42a22c1ae68
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95400e7039cdfeb0b53652d521d766f1698cae95
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b33ac2d39953efb12f598c0dae242c5f644ea669
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b24f68f78ff3a1ef7f015f7327b35886b741f6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50fd6dd755c6e48a38af2fa4621167eea56829c2