CVE-2026-72342

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

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 9.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 05:43Z19 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

21b6a94c81955f7b56025b1deda8cdd84938fdda45fdaa178b6056f79c2ec6b4

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c77044cdfcf5b8b2e9f3b620d8b9aa392d9add
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8fc3304cb67fb1d7d11ff9ef9abd5fb64e7e1d5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60fddda7207d81fea71463abd403f0b10f74f2e1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5677797b094c3ec5fb350eb8ea7710b88a3d018
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b25b5f46f488ea3b29b3444864c76944c9075b