CVE-2026-72301

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:U/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 05:55Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:42Z19 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c032ed3ded851db6d0704a4382fc3f1acb46f26d1d0f02bd15ce5a316b90c400

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4f758f34be4c32e02933ac4fa044589d9c1c16
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4fbdaca225b97122b61b68c5353caa33a253c3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92f90917413bdd6078fefff6f6c83a07bf870b04
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f97760417b5faa60e9642fd0ed61eb17d0b1b39