CVE-2026-74606

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: 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:

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec()

eventfs_remove_rec() recursively removes the child at the current loop position. After the recursive call returns, list_for_each_entry() advances by reading list.next from the removed child.

If free_ei() drops the final reference, release_ei() reuses the list/rcu union to queue an SRCU callback. The child may be freed before that read. The eventfs_mutex serializes list updates, but it does not keep the removed child alive or prevent the SRCU callback from running.

Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to save the next sibling before recursively removing the current child.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 22, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd73b691702170d37d66f4b0278530cea8ed419a
generic

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bb1eaf72d185a78c879eb2678ea500f82f46a8
generic

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5635211b44969f4816e29ec4d5f8665fb39535d0
generic

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f161d7861a0bfdf10af6b738b3b57636204661fb
generic

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b77581b25e213e83b79ce11eb30024e55ceeb3e9

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74606(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 25× in last 7d / 28× 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. 2026-08-30 01:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-29 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-29 00:56 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-29 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-28 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-27 20:34 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-27 20:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-27 08:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-26 19:44 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-26 19:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-26 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-25 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-25 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-25 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-25 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-25 05:45 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  23. 2026-08-25 05:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-25 05:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  25. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 3 more
  1. 2026-08-22 16:24 UTCNVD update
  2. 2026-08-22 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-22 15:35 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74606?
CVE-2026-74606 is a high vulnerability published on August 22, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfsremoverec() eventfsremoverec() recursively removes the child at the current loop position. After the recursive call returns, listforeach_entry() advances by reading list.next from the removed…
When was CVE-2026-74606 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74606 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 22, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74606 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74606 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 97.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74606?
CVE-2026-74606 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74606?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74606, 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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