CVE-2026-72197

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

0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 8.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 05:53Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:41Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

83c8261cef198517045d5f583ed1d46b326e8e59168ce871758d7d29d583a442

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38ed2ab62fab75fd6d0fdc2bee540fbebc7b959
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b509b9613f20dc5b653d54bf78fab00d79cc43c8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8aac931c1cd70347961ba5157aa916448c6a25
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f383aae59ec3994c14804f4191c59038b206be81
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09fddd52c1b0cef2c086d61be8f3d5dc92e36565
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554700c65d398276cb00a8ef95f1d5e00b9eff93
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc4626bb3656362de8b0ecd56605d47a19ec3518