CVE-2026-74434

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

0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 26.2% 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

Important. 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 05:59Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:47Z19 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

14f1e02587e1b12b159043f083785faf4b7b2a40aa32d31fb8152659fa89ab61

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ada3931beb37068fcb725b34b0398457009f343
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f470cc883416fea6d3bce18ef96bf91dd49ffc3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5801cff7d5d7b4e9d877dfb627b23eb63167f02c