CVE-2026-72381

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

0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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 05:56Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:43Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e800cbc92a3983ac2d0aff2a638eded753f587a104415ba9f4547888c5daa9a9

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb978d72052704c6b06c6b0f129fcd60b77169f5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d4d46bf9d442a12ea87278049ec416962c627f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5ac2852cd326529d02f778bc1aa6184701f4d7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed98719be41389d416953b8ef9f07a07dfea6b2b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38637163501fd9e2f684b8cd275d0db5d79f37c6