CVE-2026-72208

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

0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 41.9% 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 05:54Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-18 06:56Z17 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

1535ae237b6350a7e816da09970813d3ab84f4c8dcfa7334189b6e7f8e7615ad

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7