CVE-2026-72500

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:C/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 05:57Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:45Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-09

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

99bdc81ad7ffc75563106d1b0c72446a1d87d56784a4eac439778113c9b4c821

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/104a7ff382a58a83cae018925e3574c784e8274c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0adcd67f3d6f84835be682da0153f57f5c2f8036
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/131e2918b9b0529687e67e2e58047304027f095a