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CVE-2026-72066: Linux 4.6
CVE-2026-72066. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00176 (percentile 0.06662), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 27481cf4365a6ff5c9be3590143e7ed434000266, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 2408be459c70ef4250da1a9e50f5478e6b250d61, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before de4d3d8ae17dc8b4cf8c59436c4b7e2dc2491635, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 998f66e9ce320f3433f60b948e3698b744754a46, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 61a73a123ac7a7fbc57382531f8cb7092d569aba, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 6cb15b81ff545840048fb0e1a6e827d560dbf367, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 631d53102da9f469c96b882b770336bec095b833, 98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e to before 86f436567f2516a0083b210bedc933544826a2c3
Linux
Linux · 4.6
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/cpu.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 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00176 · percentile 0.06662 · 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-2026-72066.html