MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-46570 (CVSS 8.1)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 7, 2026Risk 37/100

In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_index_walk_down() in libntfs-3g/index.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 by reading the special crafted file metadata.

Technical details

CVSS

8.1

AV:LocalAC:HighPR:NoneUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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