CVE-2026-90048

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-16. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.7%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

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

fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list()

ni_create_attr_list() allocates a fixed buffer of al_aligned(record_size) (== record_size) bytes and then walks every attribute of the primary MFT record, writing one ATTR_LIST_ENTRY per attribute and advancing the cursor by le_size(name_len), with no check against the end of the buffer; the total size is only computed after the loop.

A minimum-size resident attribute occupies SIZEOF_RESIDENT (0x18 = 24) bytes on disk, but an unnamed attribute expands to le_size(0) (0x20 = 32) bytes in the list. Because the number of attributes in a record is not bounded (mi_enum_attr() accepts arbitrarily many equal-type, nameless minimum-size attributes), a crafted record packed with such attributes produces a list larger than record_size and overflows the heap buffer.

This is reachable from a crafted, loop-mounted NTFS image: opening the file and adding an attribute (e.g. via setxattr) drives ntfs_set_ea() -> ni_insert_resident() -> ni_insert_attr() -> ni_ins_attr_ext() -> ni_create_attr_list().

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ni_create_attr_list+0xc48/0x1058 Write of size 4 at addr ffff000008984c00 by task setfattr/345 ni_create_attr_list+0xc48/0x1058 ni_ins_attr_ext+0x510/0x7c0 ni_insert_attr+0x3f8/0x70c ni_insert_resident+0xc8/0x3b0 ntfs_set_ea+0x66c/0xd28 ntfs_setxattr+0x4d8/0x5b0 __arm64_sys_setxattr+0xa4/0x124 Allocated by task 345: ni_create_attr_list+0x188/0x1058 The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 (the write lands at object+1024).

Size the buffer from the actual attributes instead of assuming a single record_size is always enough.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
49
EG Risk 49/100CISA SSVC

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%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.7%
EPSS %ILE
50th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact total (CVSS ≥ 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 28, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Sep 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2215cf451414b0512cd6f7d37a057893811f4d
generic

fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07e281f2a7710502985d6f80b95ddac8f4e81d5
generic

fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84f3db72561c4d9281c5ff721ce46b9ffa7f30e
generic

fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9aee7e4d9767cc3e423b3beecb01c7ebb6bbcd
generic

fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4841e2a62794a3bab7c1ff0540580f387e377f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90048(2)

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

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 88× in last 7d / 242× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 242 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 08:59 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-05 08:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-05 04:38 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-05 04:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-05 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-05 00:16 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-05 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-04 19:49 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-04 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-04 15:27 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-04 15:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-04 11:03 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-04 11:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-04 06:41 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-04 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-04 02:19 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-04 02:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-03 21:57 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-03 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-03 17:34 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-03 17:34 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-03 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-10-03 13:13 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-03 13:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-10-03 08:51 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-03 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-03 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 00:00 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-03 00:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-02 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-02 19:38 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-02 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 15:15 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-02 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 10:51 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-02 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-02 06:14 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-02 06:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-02 01:52 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-02 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-01 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-01 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-01 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-10-01 17:06 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-01 17:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-10-01 12:27 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-01 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-10-01 08:01 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-01 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-10-01 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-01 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-30 23:17 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-30 23:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-30 18:50 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-30 18:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-09-30 14:07 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-30 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-30 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-30 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-30 05:20 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-30 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-30 00:53 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-30 00:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-29 16:51 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-29 16:51 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-29 16:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-29 12:24 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-29 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-29 08:02 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-29 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-29 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-29 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-28 23:15 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-28 23:15 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-28 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-28 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-28 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-28 14:52 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-28 14:52 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-28 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-09-28 10:30 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-28 10:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-28 06:08 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-28 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-28 01:46 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-28 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-27 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-27 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-27 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-27 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-27 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-09-27 12:36 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-27 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90048?
CVE-2026-90048 is a critical vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in nicreateattr_list() nicreateattrlist() allocates a fixed buffer of alaligned(record_size) (== record_size) bytes and then walks every attribute of the primary MFT record, writing one…
When was CVE-2026-90048 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90048 was first published on September 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90048 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90048 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (50th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90048?
CVE-2026-90048 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90048?
No fix for CVE-2026-90048 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-90048 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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