CVE-2026-72471

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

0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 23.7% 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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3dddc9e5f2f35e1c9d9c0506b8ae282ac81e4de828929bc12ce2894ea1f7e4a0

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae7e98b71438c494532492cbf58fc0d7f7988bb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57ac2831c8e0f168090d38e3de758c6a59db44db