CVE-2026-72208

CVE-2026-72208

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: 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.

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)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:54Z
    ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries
    cvelistv5