CVE-2026-98976

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

Equal to or higher than the score of 3.1% 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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-24.

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

2026-10-23 12:19Z6 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-24 14:09Z5 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-09-25

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-281Improper Preservation of PermissionsBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6d34d469b4c1ff16a222ce8d2e46528583152de018d59500d1a08ecec54e6b47

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1f0c24ca701d7d3061c7f69f7450f1734c11745
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d74d66aa708ccf2bc0b1e265a83fed0f2308d5c4