Summary
Linux Kernel contains an improper authentication vulnerability which could allow for privilege escalation via the cgroups v1 release_agent feature.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Jun 2, 2026
- Remediation due
- Jun 5, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-862
- EPSS
- 5.5% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References