Is CVE-2026-17523 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-17523?

CVE-2026-17523 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (7.8).

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CVE-2026-17523

Description

A flaw was found in the kernel. An unprivileged local user can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, which leads to a local privilege escalation (LPE). This allows the attacker to gain root privileges and take full control of the affected system.