Bug 2460390 (CVE-2026-40706) - CVE-2026-40706 ntfs-3g: NTFS-3G: Arbitrary code execution via crafted NTFS image
Summary: CVE-2026-40706 ntfs-3g: NTFS-3G: Arbitrary code execution via crafted NTFS image
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-40706
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2461765 2461766
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Reported: 2026-04-21 22:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-25 10:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-21 22:01:29 UTC
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.


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