CVE-2026-72460

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test

aa_change_profile() builds a replacement label with fn_label_build_in_scope() before the no_new_privs subset check. The build helper can fail and return NULL or an ERR_PTR, but the result was passed to aa_label_is_unconfined_subset() before the existing IS_ERR_OR_NULL() check.

Reuse the existing target-label build failure handling immediately after the build. This preserves the current audit handling while preventing the subset helper from dereferencing an invalid label.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec926b2a351eeeb31e6c9aee02e0c32f94b5588f
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d84bb195d208adbf77f012ca2a96e11163f6def1
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82160132345688a09cbaa648cfdd16bb32e8ea2
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfc224866530a6842b6c2d2d30ef6a9b0e64bb9c
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7c45c05a396a017c49ac7949de240a0dfc0ac4e
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58cafd38b46fb1a2220e2fbbcfe291ea75fa147
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a29f06db44b4c94597ded58f639eed3e21781ac3
generic

apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31cb109db5e6322ed22304fd5c0dedbaa438d6d3

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72460(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 05:20 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 06:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 18:59 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 18:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.10
  21. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
  23. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
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  1. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  5. 2026-08-15 06:03 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72460?
CVE-2026-72460 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: check label build before nonewprivs test aachangeprofile() builds a replacement label with fnlabelbuildinscope() before the nonewprivs subset check. The build helper can fail and return NULL or an ERR_PTR, but the result…
When was CVE-2026-72460 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72460 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72460 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72460 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72460?
CVE-2026-72460 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72460?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72460, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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