CVE-2026-72206

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

0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 45.9% 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 2026-08-18.

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 05:54Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-18 06:56Z2 MO 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

267d08b860a5bde4e67fd3233046872558e607167c3c813d81563a5576cd4fbc

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd