CVE-2026-74509

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

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 16.1% 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:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-27.

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 12:27Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-27 12:39Z8 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-15

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

53d4ed1910fa6262420ca672213e3ec5785d487b6ff6e37bfb44136062f74b02

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/565971488191bf54a87a417abafab6ad0de72201
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4cec575a6d6f7c36808a3a0017b0675968bb06b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95cdcd8c82a501931fd3ae9b3811b0b6da167e94
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1d8318764de7216e6dbba29a24d69f7ce51348
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16ebdbebd2d37f4cdc590bc3e9db71fe90350a3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdc36db204ffd97b947d64374cf23a210dc74777