CVE-2026-79655

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

Not scored by EPSS

EPSS percentile

Not scored by EPSS

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Not recorded

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2026-08-25 13:49Z1 HR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-25 14:12Z43 MIN AGO

Reserved

2026-08-25

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c7a5e348d4787a77be418b624e942d3694a6ce26c67f53ca5bca4f2cd4841f83

• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79655vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2523363https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523363issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/4460
• github.comhttps://github.com/sosreport/sos/pull/4461