CVE-2026-72478

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cc67b1aca7660bc04154374401736696250f587aba7869d9c51af55ec9d47acd

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c69b9003332917b652175d5fa9d84158c5ed8617
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afc24a884aff6a6f08028bd779ee65c40054455
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c23083b472a720c3f60b147db05b25b751c7c1bf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a31893206588374d7d16fad387189d8165c7efd3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41081202eb823f5b27ff164b12010b24428100ad
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb11485a87fbb2254b62cfed630b699d50e57da8