CVE-2026-72455

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

Equal to or higher than the score of 5.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (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:N/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 05:57Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:44Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

628c6bc9f0208d4164e6360da74b779ed63786fa4404ad7f25435a101577156f

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2791dd42d41e38805572b12116f721c97c4fcc0c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c79d44ef19203bd7cf6f3de8ff088112ebff95
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcd1b34c21748531a3febaf7440632b89d8deab7