CVE-2026-74401

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

0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 36.8% 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 05:59Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:46Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-15

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

e47914ce0db5ae5829427dbaeaa644f59444fbe7bc69208d3c79298c500ba069

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae9e534e502a0f48c12baf83608c5de0ff0eab11
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6369619f1b665f12d8c99cc6ff733c64eb08b22e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/712714f818d83373847874ab0f8e426be79296cf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d45250b1d22960f86d83245be188b16e456218b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2248cb70c070f8f04762872772e155b59016f17