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CVE-2026-72288: Linux 4.8
CVE-2026-72288. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.3 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00183 (percentile 0.07341), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 5dd4b924e390af426e424d5e52c1b4d1566af817 to before d19dca8194ebed371e624331c6be2cb73b562caf, 5dd4b924e390af426e424d5e52c1b4d1566af817 to before b1a89d12d35a8256d2b170ced0b1c86851f3def2, 5dd4b924e390af426e424d5e52c1b4d1566af817 to before 7258770e5814f15e8308ebda82ac9acf6964ba8e
Linux
Linux · 4.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 37.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00183 · percentile 0.07341 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 19:24:35.956875+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72288.html