CVE-2026-74742

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

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

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

2026-08-26 14:36Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-27 05:01Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-15

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-1285Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in InputBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

7b3d0476f5f3869d31d1fa10c664e1d477d3e65dc7b80dbafc4b58f7f937d160

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b662a1fb4f3a5ea19bac24eea8315b1d05be51e7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f8dd22b1e533a99ecc3f9b5de6c6daccaecace
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90bb11fb29d3c55a2c46dc7c386d096b286e7fcf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60db47f02bfa2aa688938aa199117ec4f8e31d23