CVE-2026-72340

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 7.3% 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

8d0a92187551703886ecd1913086d2dc48edde8146040d33cece870f36b9e95e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786456d0a244bbd405dfc60e4de51f8b348b9cb1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49806bef9572a2e012610517bc14ed0a4db0d1fc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e71a40d101547380590db582213c1f1dce1f041
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/952928564cc5fdb06f92d7e25c6cd2e1d816362b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a8d500d7e42837bd8dce40cb52c97c6e8706a9