CVE-2026-74506: Linux 5.8

CVE-2026-74506. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00168 (percentile 0.0574), scored 15-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Linux · e49c7b2f6de7ff81ca34c56e4eeb4fa740c099f2 to before c0d3b81f703b2a9e37fe1347610a50cdf0078c27, e49c7b2f6de7ff81ca34c56e4eeb4fa740c099f2 to before daaa726b14fc3026a6b328614d312b698f62f391, e49c7b2f6de7ff81ca34c56e4eeb4fa740c099f2 to before 4af1ec68d54b3871155914d584fb10669c41a861
Linux

Linux · 5.8
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/afs/internal.h

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.

Published 16-Oct-2026 20:21 UTC

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: 0.00168 · percentile 0.0574 · 2026-10-15
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 20:20:42.059737+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-74506.html