CVE-2026-72473

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

0.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 49.1% 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

f4a1f0e6afef5fae8359a4e34b0f832c9efa9e3448db9af18dff99457811e2e5

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/740975054a1970c0cf15f70ac39724a064f45847
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f3d9b68c1c6c51746e5ecdb52b2e6a2901de37e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7632089523acddcdd8f090ad19e96fb3107b04d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53442c7d0c888e51b8bc3da196970a669cc6b294
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8203f760a72bd39a3b66bc4eff0aa272a99fe22b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e786233d2e0bbff9a82e43f02ae3a46ab4b08ec3