CVE-2026-72162

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 5.9% 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 2026-08-18.

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 05:53Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-18 06:56Z17 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

f346a9879232f6b81010390bdcd0719ccd859df8c4e98c41061a77b7c42b0a49

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae