CVE-2026-74440

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 2.9% 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 12:26Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-17 05:47Z18 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-15

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

046ece8234c3b986e08a3d5fd3835a4c647c4e51937ef87eb26b8b77aee5908b

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1738db550334adca0e7fcf0ef684198fb7462779
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21976fe5258494ac38b63d103be81bf1180ae4ae
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d363d00bc9799b90a0dc89eb1c5dcb909c042ee
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af80e2bfde9312c76b60cf9274248dce0410b30d