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CVE-2026-72198: Linux 2.6.12, 7.1
CVE-2026-72198. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00173 (percentile 0.06375), scored 20-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 6626fb859f4c4772f2f59751d23937716e03f98f, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7ffa8f3d30236e0ab897c30bdb01224ff1fe1c89, 1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 to before b54c9beb90e570bae17a9c18442aeeaf17165ccb, 1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 to before 097cdfd0a55df5af82c9753833f39a8bfadbcfcb
Linux
Linux · 2.6.12, 7.1
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/ntfs/attrib.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00173 · percentile 0.06375 · 2026-10-20
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:14:50.830645+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:09:05.633125+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72198.html