CVE•Published 2026-08-15•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72201
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
10
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 90% of all CVEs
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index entries on reading Validate index entries immediately after reading an index root or index block from disk. This eliminates repeated checks in lookup and readdir, and reduce the risk of missing checks in those paths.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-15
Modified 2026-08-17
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72201Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-72201Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2026-72201Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-72201GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-72201" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72201 on GitHub.