7.8

CVE-2026-72434: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72434DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72434
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72434 is a high (CVSS 7.8) 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
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 23 · Related 23
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1

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: netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set, cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.16% 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) | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 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
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465, < c940d1b96248c3081b664ede5418078bdc7c8c07 | ≥ f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465, < 12088da6add5b003657c8506c5b0fcef835083b8 | ≥ f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465, < c78bd5195a5998094a5866df702fbeafda60dafb | ≥ f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465, < 4a597a87e2e2f608edb6be2c510dc826b4fdfb53 | 5dd9488ae41070b69d2f4acb580f77db5705f9ca | a469bab3386aebff33c59506f3a95e35b91118fd | ≥ 5.4.24, < 5.5 | ≥ 5.5.8, < 5.6 | 5.6

3 vendors · 167 products

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