CVE-2026-72201

CVE-2026-72201

Critical · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00553 · 45.4th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:21Z
References (2)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:53Z
    ntfs: validate index entries on reading
    cvelistv5