CVE-2026-72446

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.0% 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

Important. 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

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

07678e9774de68d8dc72f849ef9ac7aa284bd9fd17bdeab285b5ff10c7fd5d5a

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a867aa5e67a84333fa6e5c21292c5bcff86b90
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22356d1f731553e99aa2707dbd38c659bdd28d8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb640be82e645e2828731648f485224d0c2587b