CVE-2026-72480

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

0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 2.8% 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

9170ed4c550c4780be4be6aa2718dd88e5880cbb57a99e78398e632c58f76071

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/116d1f8805ae2daadbac89d24da4c0da50b9edae
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d158985b6ea011bdc26186f42d662a156da6cb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d24f14e049fdd769146dda026496ed23b397ed9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ac3675bf875792dced45efbf47116719a7c097b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c374d33f1338dbb5676919c5194caa9c5aa1631
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/947eb6f0a274f8b15a0248051a65b069effd5057