CVE•Published 2026-08-15•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72206
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 block header more strictly Modify ntfs_index_block_inconsisent() to perform stricter validation of INDEX_HEADER geometry in INDX blocks, and update ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to use that function to validate INDX blocks.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-15
Modified 2026-08-17
External references
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