CVE-2026-17523
A flaw was found in the kernel. An unprivileged local user can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, which leads to a local privilege escalation (LPE). This allows the attacker to gain root privileges and take full control of the affected system.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.15%
- CWE
- CWE-825
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
Affected products
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- Linux Linux
- Linux Linux
- Linux Linux
- Linux Linux
Weakness type
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