CVE-2026-72294

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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 6.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/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 05:55Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:42Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-1287Improper Validation of Specified Type of InputBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b2b53297773b6468b3788f3371403b35c0d064c217d245d7d5946a40359c466a

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15469ba0284c7cc01c38493391e9e73b918833c4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe27b19a15c384cad7c80de399f3107ab070e6d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4574547e04a47ad498149576f65b84475ea6f4c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09b318ab77b7a4fc9987fd98d1525fc55ddc2617