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CVE-2026-72502: Linux 4.8
CVE-2026-72502. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.5 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00716 (percentile 0.5279), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before 560b33b434e922ef97f9ff23aa2e909ef7aacd5c, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before 21f69ac1879bb970588d5e7c12a96e6542f7c1a7, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before c0db3dc2ac323b6c4b76adede3b355a9daa6dea8, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before 572fff10819dfc359298d1f774839e76a4d96f93, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before 8e6214a530c03e341dc1b0a846c8f2b716b3551a, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before d774cdbda6634a78d0f2baf201ee5a8c57f3bc0e, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before a210791f33345aa87187f7d7a9f3b9b7f4a28e6d, 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba to before 2bf43d0e2e6a27d52a7d624e2d6b9116972e8a22
Linux
Linux · 4.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/ipv6/route.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 30.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00716 · percentile 0.5279 · 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-2026-72502.html