CVE-2026-72222

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

8f081219cfbb9444f1699cc3c88e43a009e6a48fd0ce859eb06da497eb26d1ce

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b55945dd99f29d83e1965d0141040a35262346
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d4f97d13fff91e0bc539216be88b884b544d49f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9ee75a97a769be258784c22b89657acb5ed9bd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/083e9c2ec7e8bb13b79c9fd7b337abdd758ecc5f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f988f3a2808fb659f3880c282041ff067acad78