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CVE-2026-72052: Linux 5.5
CVE-2026-72052. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00169 (percentile 0.05771), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before 129f8939e5af683cec3a1a5edcb40a64636ad81e, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before e3724dedf57761c6de52f4d604ec74f66fd61611, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before 220162c9fedbe992da70d70f50a10da4f45f914c, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before 1d4d8ee002083ca4ead5353662bf8362428af57f, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before 0caa9f348f8b5356900de77b0bb89a697c4aff20, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before 03d8843b143ebbbfaf48511922abc6e886575a61, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before c38c8b0db3c65b597e7ece317b6cb59de3d15e69, 690afc165bb314354667f67157c1a1aea7dc797a to before f00a50876d2818bd6dc86fa98b3ef360884c53c8, d0201d2405dac8d9b16773e97709925e397552d0, 7943bb0f06365cf5e32f3cf8a6b29eeae981fb8a, 4.19.100 to before 4.20, 5.4.16 to before 5.5
Linux
Linux · 5.5
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 35.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00169 · percentile 0.05771 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 16:55:38.548135+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72052.html