CVE-2026-72217

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

0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 46.9% 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 2026-08-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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 05:54Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:41Z19 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

e78fa8470b40306e1a2d7633d9c1b05e1e3505b3aa3f879141914b61c30bb12b

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a1148f2739d5089c3ca8ae2e9d1053e219ab5df
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6029e711a818bf34d6c4b90cafee24f3afffa110
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69e18135e2a004a79505451dbef07314ea16e1eb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98414b42530af65cb984ffc12685096a3b5e179a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f5b80dda6b86e424054baf1475df686c403d5c