8.8

CVE-2026-72136: linux

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72136DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72136
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72136 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 29 · Related 29
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: xfrm_interface: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink xfrmi_changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and the interface link netns xi->net. They differ once the device is created in or moved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a caller privileged there but not in xi->net can rewrite an interface that lives in xi->net. Gate xfrmi_changelink() on rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() at its top, before any attribute is parsed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu165 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-198.208 | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1117.124 | < 6.8.0-1067.70 | < 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.180-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < 04c1aa57d08471b1953bf27c84ac9b3d78d71831 | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < bdfd1c21d90e628a58a9de79e024cdfcbedfa15c | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < 80ec68bba11f7f387c0e4099c2d7b2c84943eb99 | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < e9c90756f10da334fb31552e52c61f1dba69f491 | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < 37b61946d278c7deb0d40ba8f2b6fc0478d61dab | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < 8ca2a19a987a7d1cb4c916ed9723a1c6993b4276 | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < 3ba2b2ef7d6a63b190f15cfc2b4ba0fba59928ea | ≥ f203b76d78092faf248db3f851840fbecf80b40e, < 095515d89b19b6cc19dfcdc846f97403ed1ebce3 | 4.19

3 vendors · 167 products

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