CVE-2026-72206

critical · 9.8

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.

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/14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23e

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-72206