VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-72206
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-15
Last modified2026-08-18
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.