CVE-2026-72487

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

0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 7.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.7 (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:N/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 7.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a5e8c9111117abcb34801a60ea47bb697f132a42435e98fda987a846b1bcee51

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd5b242d5848369b9e957340a7e30adee7b6763d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4997873e3abbad47a9e1e4abd05f045f77a74f22
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/724042f8f98d2594b9d164549fd4292c6bd58120
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d495446ec7ace5b61da366ffb161ee8319dd9a2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/721ad5b72448b5065ed309017ab563205f162404
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/538796b807fcfb81b2ce40cc97a614fd8588feb5