CVE-2026-72338

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

Ranks above 6.4% 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

f966688609b3fcd461e39d7e1d46c3b2d6fec767950065b1b94b1e832e9c6048

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8532a5e972a5351cf4ee4a435e0d65cbba8f23
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27488e1a7f19757e6146edca9458ed4ffc545557
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9b23eb92a894ae1118893996943990ee0b860e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e49cd891bda447c68122d672510a604a8bb6b24
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b519cbcabe836a441369fbec1a8a6518a709251