CVE-2026-40706
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
52/100
Published: 2026-04-21
Modified: 2026-10-26
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
High
A:
High
Description
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.