CVE-2026-72389

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.8% 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

b808944c6de3865347ba8bb8a0dec545117099260bf9d58e377c8f7caf712100

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/297a747f59bff6573196d7236178144d66524e68
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c40eec06eeac37c58e47a6058eb32901218d5d4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39283907a25e5caf0f2bd2947f6e56644b01e2b7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b3458ef88df4798632619f018791d4344bcd92
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40cbfa3a28e0919469d1b086629bb3ce38a83593
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a00517db8de4be7df3d483b215c5544fb30a191