CVE-2026-72044

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  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS v2: Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix stack buffer overflow in multichannel session-key copy

Commit 4b706360ffb7 ("ksmbd: fix multichannel binding and enforce channel limit") moved the binding-path session key out of the session-wide sess->sess_key (CIFS_KEY_SIZE = 40) into a new per-channel buffer, and sized both that buffer and the on-stack copy used during binding with SMB2_NTLMV2_SESSKEY_SIZE (16):

struct channel { char sess_key[SMB2_NTLMV2_SESSKEY_SIZE]; /* 16 */ ... };

ntlm_authenticate() / krb5_authenticate(): char channel_key[SMB2_NTLMV2_SESSKEY_SIZE] = {}; /* 16 */ char *auth_key = conn->binding ? channel_key : sess->sess_key;

The two writers that fill this destination still bound the copy length against CIFS_KEY_SIZE (40), not against the 16-byte buffer:

ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() (NTLM key exchange): if (sess_key_len > CIFS_KEY_SIZE) /* 40 */ return -EINVAL; arc4_crypt(ctx_arc4, sess_key, (char *)authblob + sess_key_off, sess_key_len);

ksmbd_krb5_authenticate(): if (resp->session_key_len > sizeof(sess->sess_key)) /* 40 */ ... memcpy(sess_key, resp->payload, resp->session_key_len);

On a binding SESSION_SETUP, auth_key points at the 16-byte channel_key, so a client that supplies an NTLM EncryptedRandomSessionKey of up to 40 bytes (with NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_KEY_EXCH), or a Kerberos ticket whose session key is longer than 16 bytes (a normal AES256 key is 32), writes past the 16-byte stack buffer -- up to a 24-byte kernel stack overflow. KASAN reports it as a stack-out-of-bounds write in arc4_crypt() called from ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob().

The destinations must be able to hold the full session key the length checks already permit. Size the per-channel key buffer and the two on-stack channel_key buffers with CIFS_KEY_SIZE, matching sess->sess_key.

CVSS v3
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EG Score
EG Risk
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
11%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 15, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72044(1)

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  1. 2026-08-20 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-18 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-18 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-15 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  9. 2026-08-15 06:19 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-72044?
CVE-2026-72044 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix stack buffer overflow in multichannel session-key copy Commit 4b706360ffb7 ("ksmbd: fix multichannel binding and enforce channel limit") moved the binding-path session key out of the session-wide sess->sesskey…
When was CVE-2026-72044 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72044 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72044 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72044 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 89.2% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72044?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72044, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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