CVE-2026-62840: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Linux 3P (Third Party) Distros
Linux Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 95% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Linux Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Linux 3P (Third Party) Distros