CVE-2026-72459

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

0.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 3.5% 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 05:57Z21 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

4e6ec45029666c9cb9d25e1e0a6ad88f7a6ed86dec7197a964d83e8dd400cc68

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14fbacad77d64594228983ec20d61a224f3f491
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5a9da5d36162d34db0f36abb15420e295176793
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cb69e109610bba500e1ecb870f7988a4717208a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc2192899d502e3321e60cf1e91421e7309d089c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf310b044e85d4de670c94295c5d8e4c5bc5e7bc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae02e603c0b39b29f3ce6fe3efe01b286af1a2a4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d91479174240f39e9edea250d95fa08c678a207
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654fe7505dc6889724d4094fa64f89991afabfc3