CVE-2026-72472

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

0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 48.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

bd21f7d5f9b404a311bd56db0b0b1a7009ab08f619dc610409fa467a55872c75

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cda95bf2e9c0e6b63545b7565fe4a1e474322f4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f161ef7b0dd2f51fdb002ba4a4e9bf0ee7409218
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68035178e65e2b3aa386ce61202ff33724ae418
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4837fb36219e6c08b666bc31a86841bad8526358