CVE-2026-72372

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 05:56Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:43Z19 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

b5bc5b83631d74e48a1a83aa6d10c1ee3b01ef8d316a413eac5cafa6f2bfb7f6

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8a2fe8847859f4fa4e9a2fa1221c9c1158e66b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb70a8a01988046bb207b7d0af9358a8337378
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94f92fd56c553a8bf9421c3289e1b85c7c08857
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e841836c6f4646490f7b0347192b7a92d431ba