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CVE record · `CVE-2026-74752`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-74752`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 26 Aug 2026, 14:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 to before 4a4410de8dc6903d859c9e1731fc6dcee28bd072` (git)
  - affected: `1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 to before 7f17984cfa697613800eb693e183b06884129bd3` (git)
  - affected: `1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 to before 88619b117be1daf633ce32210570ce35a0bd1c98` (git)
  - affected: `1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 to before 3dbb44d88b1e94dd31fe43588af7437b34b44d56` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.24`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.24` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.10 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0052, the 45th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 26 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-74752](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74752)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-74752](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74752)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4410de8dc6903d859c9e1731fc6dcee28bd072>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f17984cfa697613800eb693e183b06884129bd3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88619b117be1daf633ce32210570ce35a0bd1c98>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb44d88b1e94dd31fe43588af7437b34b44d56>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-74752>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2026-74752/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.