CVE-2026-72208

critical · 9.8

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.

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/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-72208