CVE-2026-72470

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 3.7% 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

1b5142f26feef04cb48135c92b62472981e0fefd947c21b290db79ae260c47bb

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1422df595d69b997d23a8f11e12c528ccef7fad
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f129fc6f756f8541e5bff45b1804cc11b1ec712
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99444f6dfca893f6d310aae4a53c620f98f7b4f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a35454179fe1041d9cd286f5d320ce0d448c12a