CVE-2026-72405

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

0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 3.4% 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

bd2d8c2231192eab07e667d9056c1cd4078ee3e1be12a2df1c3fc417b3618316

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cee6688e5731c0591643521716d1a1a5c1a98bf8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9075efb9b2c1d9d7a8285c937b64aa93ca0c41b7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54292b167466cdf42176b7b6f01da66c184deb12
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf69d4b43370c587e48d4d70289dbdb7e039d4d