CVE-2026-40706 PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 21.04.2026 Updated: 21.04.2026

In NTFS-3G 2022.10.3 before 2026.2.25, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_build_permissions_posix() 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 processing a security descriptor with multiple ACCESS_DENIED ACEs containing WRITE_OWNER from distinct group SIDs.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor Tuxera
Product NTFS-3G
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 2022.10.3 to 2026.2.25 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE