CVE-2026-53362
Linux — Linux Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability
What EVULNABLE says
EVULNABLE Risk · priority
75/100
Urgent
Raised to the floor for a confirmed exploited vulnerability.
Intelligence coverage 75/90 — no pre-patch disclosure data
The priority band answers “how soon”, not “how bad” — see Methodology for what it weighs and where it abstains.
The evidence behind it
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS base score | 7.8 | NVD |
| FIRST EPSS | 0.005 (41.6th pctl) | FIRST |
| Actively exploited | Confirmed | CISA KEV |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown or none | CISA KEV |
| CISA remediation deadline | 2026-08-30 — Overdue by 4 days | CISA KEV |
What CISA says to do
- This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see:
- git.kernel.org/…/14200d435af9a9eeb444f529fc2f689a236b7962 ↗
- git.kernel.org/…/65fb14cbebb0cd0eff903a22d33537ddc8b95769 ↗
- git.kernel.org/…/46f201f8b4c39633a1fa3dc12459f506d470993d ↗
- git.kernel.org/…/6374fb9edf72c67a118a2c214a0dddd04c921e0a ↗
- git.kernel.org/…/e9eacf19281ea2498b36291b56c9606118c2d74e ↗
- git.kernel.org/…/736b380e28d0480c7bc3e022f1950f31fe53a7c5 ↗
- BOD 26-04 ↗
- Forensics Triage Requirements ↗
- nvd.nist.gov/…/CVE-2026-53362 ↗
The primary records
This page is an opinion about urgency. Where it and a source of record disagree, the source of record is the record.