Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72208
ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries
in ntfs_ea_lookup and ntfs_listxattr, this verifies that there is enough
space in the EA entry before accessing the next_entry_offset field of
the EA entry.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d before d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15; c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d before 937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7; 7.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72208
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72208
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15
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