CVE-2026-72279

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

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 8.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-17.

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 05:55Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:42Z19 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

863572c646063fb8c2d0c08cbb319d61893a3155b402912e8b46e3ba438f1b15

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c50db5bcbb9073cb2fd97be51b962de92f429e9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d35defbdfcb15296ebe28968ad7452c1a8c11cea
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2684e02bac41c5220f6c1ab2bdcc957b71812977