CVE•Published 2026-08-15•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72208
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: 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.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-15
Modified 2026-08-17
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72208Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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