{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72206.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: validate index block header more strictly\n\nModify ntfs_index_block_inconsisent() to perform stricter validation of\nINDEX_HEADER geometry in INDX blocks, and update\nntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to use that function to validate INDX\nblocks.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72206",
  "modified": "2026-08-20T03:30:21.623923001Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:54:02.534Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23e"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72206.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72206"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ntfs: validate index block header more strictly"
}