CVE-2026-80673

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: 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: bound the look-ahead attribute-list entry in ntfs_external_attr_find()

When resolving an attribute lookup with a non-zero @lowest_vcn, ntfs_external_attr_find() peeks at the next $ATTRIBUTE_LIST entry to decide whether to keep searching, but bounds that not-yet-validated entry only with "(u8 *)next_al_entry + 6 < al_end" (which proves just bytes 0..6 are in range) and "(u8 *)next_al_entry + length <= al_end" with an attacker-controlled, non-8-aligned length. It then reads next_al_entry->lowest_vcn (an __le64 at offset 8) and the name at next_al_entry->name_offset, both of which can lie past al_end -- the exact end of the kvmalloc'd attribute-list buffer (allocated at the on-disk attr_list_size, no rounding). A crafted on-disk $ATTRIBUTE_LIST whose last entry sits a few bytes before al_end therefore yields a slab out-of-bounds read when the inode is read.

Validate the look-ahead entry with ntfs_attr_list_entry_is_valid() (added in patch 1/3) before dereferencing lowest_vcn and the name, so the same fixed-header, length and name bounds the main attribute-list walk uses now guard this read too.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
31%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 29, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ntfs: bound the look-ahead attribute-list entry in ntfs_external_attr_find() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44885c9b45eb4082fb7f558590d84bb254a08e94
generic

ntfs: bound the look-ahead attribute-list entry in ntfs_external_attr_find() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/344b18f389f9934d59c7b0cf3d20541ea2e0da58

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-80673(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 17× in last 7d / 17× 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. 2026-08-30 03:55 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 03:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-29 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-29 19:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-29 15:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-29 11:34 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-29 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-29 07:26 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-29 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-29 06:36 UTCEG score recompute 9.80
  12. 2026-08-29 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-29 06:33 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
  14. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-28 08:20 UTCNVD update
  16. 2026-08-28 07:34 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-28 07:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-80673?
CVE-2026-80673 is a critical vulnerability published on August 28, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: bound the look-ahead attribute-list entry in ntfsexternalattr_find() When resolving an attribute lookup with a non-zero @lowest_vcn, ntfsexternalattrfind() peeks at the next $ATTRIBUTELIST entry to decide whether to keep…
When was CVE-2026-80673 disclosed?
CVE-2026-80673 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2026, with the most recent update on August 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-80673 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-80673 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 69.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-80673?
CVE-2026-80673 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-80673?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-80673, 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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