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CVE-2026-74720: Linux 4.16
CVE-2026-74720. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00129 (percentile 0.02239), scored 13-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before 86b203aadc2930e0a4f9c6277b5b80ff3664c472, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before 8109c25e0c41f5f19a1c2380bb49c991a877494e, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before d1959028190a7649b926f5867a58de5fe221b23c, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before 8cb23101a3fcc7432b451ea3d0f14a90711f4acf, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before 29c239f8dbec5ab33a61796724d189bddee6cd4b, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before db6382ed3361bdd8129572a3423956cba1dae829, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before eaffa1495e4fe6330aeff9f323ea3d48b01f118a, f4d7e40a5b7157e1329c3c5b10f60d8289fc2941 to before a4c6f804b44c5c790269b25e0e61cf4e9f117c86
Linux
Linux · 4.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/bpf/verifier.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
- 0.00129 · percentile 0.02239 · 2026-10-13
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 15:56:36.793806+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-74720.html