CVE-2026-72198

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: 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:

ntfs: reject non-resident records for resident-only attributes

The shared lookup-time attribute validator rejects non-resident $FILE_NAME and $VOLUME_NAME records because their formats require resident values and callers handle returned records as resident attributes. Other resident-only attribute types still pass through the generic non-resident mapping-pairs checks.

That leaves real resident/non-resident union confusion paths. Inode load looks up $STANDARD_INFORMATION and then reads data.resident.value_offset without checking a->non_resident. ntfs_inode_sync_standard_information() does the same when updating the standard information value. ntfs_write_volume_flags() also looks up $VOLUME_INFORMATION and reads data.resident.value_offset directly. $INDEX_ROOT callers in dir.c and index.c depend on the same lookup contract before consuming the resident index root value.

Reject non-resident records for all resident-only attribute types in the shared validator. Keep the existing $FILE_NAME and $VOLUME_NAME behavior, but factor it through a helper and extend it to $STANDARD_INFORMATION, $OBJECT_ID, $VOLUME_INFORMATION, $INDEX_ROOT, and $EA_INFORMATION. For $OBJECT_ID and $EA_INFORMATION this is contract hardening for resident-only formats; this patch only rejects the non-resident form and does not add new resident value validation for those types.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ntfs: reject non-resident records for resident-only attributes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b54c9beb90e570bae17a9c18442aeeaf17165ccb
generic

ntfs: reject non-resident records for resident-only attributes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/097cdfd0a55df5af82c9753833f39a8bfadbcfcb

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72198(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 39× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 06:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 08:21 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 08:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 07:30 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-19 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 18:14 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-18 18:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-18 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-18 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-18 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 04:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 17:11 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-17 17:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-17 06:20 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-17 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-17 06:00 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  3. 2026-08-17 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  5. 2026-08-17 05:32 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-17 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  8. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-15 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  13. 2026-08-15 06:10 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72198?
CVE-2026-72198 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: reject non-resident records for resident-only attributes The shared lookup-time attribute validator rejects non-resident $FILENAME and $VOLUMENAME records because their formats require resident values and callers handle…
When was CVE-2026-72198 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72198 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72198 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72198 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 94.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72198?
CVE-2026-72198 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72198?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72198, 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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