{"id":"CVE-2026-56136","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-56136","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:43:53.347Z","title":"In NTFS-3G through 2026.2.25, an out-of-bounds read exists in ntfs_ir_nill() in libntfs-3g/index.c that allows an attacker to read possibly confidential information in an ntfs-3g process by crafting a malicious NTFS image.","description":"In NTFS-3G through 2026.2.25, an out-of-bounds read exists in ntfs_ir_nill() in libntfs-3g/index.c that allows an attacker to read possibly confidential information in an ntfs-3g process by crafting a malicious NTFS image. This read operation is triggered by creation of a file with a crafted name.","published":"2026-08-24T21:17:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-14T15:54:16.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["tuxera/ntfs-3g"],"epss":{"score":0.00122,"percentile":0.01971,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-r66g-c39x-cw95","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56136","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}