CVE-2026-53362 affecting Linux Kernel (+1 related CVEs)
What to do
Apply the vendor-fixed release or documented mitigation as a priority; this vulnerability is known to be exploited.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- First published
- 2026-08-30
Where this comes from
6 sources- KEVClass A
Vulnerability is exploited in the wild (CISA KEV listing)
- KEVClass A
Vulnerability is exploited in the wild (CISA KEV listing)
- FIRSTClass B
FIRST EPSS exploitation probability
- KEVClass A
Vulnerability is exploited in the wild (CISA KEV listing)
- KEVClass A
Vulnerability is exploited in the wild (CISA KEV listing)
- FIRSTClass B
FIRST EPSS exploitation probability
How this was assessed
- CVE-2026-53362 triggered rule KEV_KNOWN_EXPLOITED
- CISA KEV lists it as known-exploited
- CVSS 7.3
- vendor severity Important
- EPSS 0.0051
- no affected version range is available for the mapped product
- Patient Protect score 79.3 (CRITICAL) under pp-risk-1.0
- remediation provenance: PP_TEMPLATE
- evidence incomplete
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