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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : NTFS-3G vulnerabilities (USN-8554-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327650

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8554-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that NTFS-3G had a heap buffer overflow when reading certain NTFS images. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-42616)

 It was discovered that NTFS-3G had multiple heap buffer overflows when processing certain NTFS images. A local attacker could possibly use these issues to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-42617, CVE-2026-42618, CVE-2026-46569, CVE-2026-46570, CVE-2026-46572, CVE-2026-56135)

 It was discovered that NTFS-3G had out-of-bounds reads when processing certain NTFS images. A local attacker could possibly use these issues to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-46571, CVE-2026-56136)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8554-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 327650

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8554-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.89

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libntfs-3g89t64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libntfs-3g89, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42616, CVE-2026-42617, CVE-2026-42618, CVE-2026-46569, CVE-2026-46570, CVE-2026-46571, CVE-2026-46572, CVE-2026-56135, CVE-2026-56136

USN: 8554-1