CVE-2026-72449

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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.8% 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

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

1889945380c968b8a1e73d0485324064c622ee85a2eb523fe23a5311037e011f

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8a8d350a273c005a48c64c4519d21b2a51c5ceb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506e635aed05dbdeef11e3c59f6e42980cda5b6d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/838b57b3e7ce8cce0fda56d0861add3d464dd6c8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96ac562a9ea3020981f536384711190841c81aa8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e33a3bd5cb8d0cf1557dee014115f812c9686130
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa5655da368d0306c03e9dc9cda8ae2a7840926