GLSA-202608-13 : NTFS-3G: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 335895

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202608-13 (NTFS-3G: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTFS-3G. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All NTFS-3G users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-fs/ntfs3g-2026.7.7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 335895

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202608-13.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2026

Updated: 8/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.95

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-2026-40706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ntfs3g

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40706, 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

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