CVE-2026-72201

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8

CVSS

0.6%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

44th

EPSS percentile

2026-08-15

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-72201