CVE-2026-72211

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

• CWE-130Improper Handling of Length Parameter InconsistencyBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8fff8c746c7dae5e0ef42e8da7cedfac77ba9520167e50e74efca663486bbd90

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d444271604afc6381ddb5a181e391915c35fae
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bb508fb3b97e4802ec727fd2af4d608f65dd190