Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : NTFS-3G vulnerabilities (USN-8192-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8192-1 advisory. Jeffrey Bencteux discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain UTF-8 sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause NTFS-...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-013469)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-013469 advisory. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2. The ntfs3 subsystem does not properly check for correctness during disk reads, leading to an out-of-bounds re...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-013427)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-013427 advisory. A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in logreplay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and...

CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

CVE-2026-40706 affecting package ntfs-3g for versions less than 2022.10.3-3

CVE-2026-40706 affecting package ntfs-3g for versions less than 2022.10.3-3. A patched version of the package is available...

USN-8192-1 ntfs-3g vulnerabilities

Jeffrey Bencteux discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain UTF-8 sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause NTFS-3G to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. CVE-2023-52890 Andrea...

[SECURITY] [DLA 4544-1] ntfs-3g security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4544-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz April 21, 2026 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 6221-1] ntfs-3g security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6221-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso April 21, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-010743)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-010743 advisory. In the Linux kernel before 6.1.3, fs/ntfs3/inode.c does not validate the attribute name offset. An unhandled page fault may occur. Tenable has extracted the precedin...

CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-010745)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-010745 advisory. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2. The ntfs3 subsystem does not properly check for correctness during disk reads, leading to an out-of-bounds re...

Debian dsa-6221 : libntfs-3g89 - security update

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6221 advisory. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6221-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/...

CVE-2026-40706

NTFS-3G vulnerable: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_build_permissions_posix() (acls.c) on NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25. The overflow can corrupt heap memory of the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary when parsing a malicious NTFS image, triggered on READ paths (stat, readdir, open) processing a sec...

CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

CVE-2026-40706

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfsbuildpermissionsposix in acls.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered on the READ path stat, readdir, open when...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-010882)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-010882 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate data run offset This adds sanity checks for data run offset. We should make su...