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Red Hat Linux kernel advisory update for active exploitation

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Red Hat updated its Linux kernel advisories on September 19, 2026 to flag active exploitation of CVE-2025-39682, CVE-2026-53266, and CVE-2025-39964, pushing operators to treat the flaws as high priority. The guidance says there are known public exploits for at least one of the CVEs, increasing the urgency for remediation. FCEB agencies were told to apply the necessary fixes by September 21, 2026 under BOD 26-04.

Related Happenings

Linux kernel actively exploited flaws (multiple vulnerabilities)

Vulnerability
H score46 First: 19.09.2026 09:24 Last: 19.09.2026 09:24 Sources 1

How related: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws impacting the Linux kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.

About this happening: Three Linux kernel vulnerabilities—CVE-2025-39682, CVE-2026-53266, and CVE-2025-39964—were added to CISA KEV after evidence of active exploitation. The fla...

CISA adds Linux kernel flaws to KEV catalog under BOD 26-04

Public Sector Action
H score36 First: 19.09.2026 09:24 Last: 19.09.2026 09:24 Sources 1

How related: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws impacting the Linux kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.

About this happening: CISA added three Linux kernel flaws to its KEV catalog after evidence of active exploitation, forcing federal remediation prioritization. Under BOD 26-04, FC...

Linux kernel traffic-control use-after-free race public exploit privilege-escalation flaw (CVE-2026-53264)

Vulnerability
H score28 First: 28.07.2026 11:04 Last: 28.07.2026 11:04 Sources 1

About this happening: Public exploit code for CVE-2026-53264 turns a Linux kernel traffic-control use-after-free race into local privilege escalation to root on affected builds. The dem...

Linux kernel upstream security patch release for CVE-2026-53264

Security Patch Release
H score32 First: 28.07.2026 11:04 Last: 28.07.2026 11:04 Sources 1

About this happening: Linux kernel maintainers have backported CVE-2026-53264 fixes across stable branches, closing a local privilege-escalation path that can turn a local user into root on...

SonicWall security patch release for CVE-2026-15409

Security Patch Release
H score54 First: 15.07.2026 00:23 Last: 15.07.2026 00:23 Sources 1

About this happening: SonicWall released hotfix security updates for SMA1000 appliances after confirming active exploitation of CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410. The fixes are availabl...

Timeline

  1. 19.09.2026 09:24 2 articles · 2h ago

    Red Hat Linux kernel advisory update for active exploitation

    Initial Disclosure

    Red Hat revised its Linux kernel advisories after exploitation evidence emerged for three tracked vulnerabilities. The update centers on priority remediation for affected systems.

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