CVE-2026-72436

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

0.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 50.9% 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 05:56Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:44Z19 DAYS 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

7f644d63a2fd66abc0f6aabd169578d6e89840b6a7d7ff70d46d2b183fac197b

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6329d3a9afe715fddda0460cfa46b496d61c2fe0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7445fe965b7d8756070a40e80f8b73348ccda1d7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4d257734e91bfcdc71d41843392dd6400b5bb1b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3219d74e4536658c937fd878a327257b86ce80dd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4b4984e28c16406ecb318444dea4a8bf47def3e