CVE-2026-72302

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

0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 7.6% 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 05:55Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:42Z18 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

75511fa5ebccb8e0a8ef474d33419a2f5f333a09b757691878b0b29c1bbd4d16

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a2309a9eec80d4c19e3aed62c4f923594d1911
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd79e77f2fbacd7a5d40ad1d4c7f3f089a8f2f3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711d912b18763af62a63aa8f2419a774eb63bba4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312c7d2ebe696da3f885eee77d52297664e57c53
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8791977d7289f6e9d2b014f60a5455f053a7bc04