{"id":"CVE-2026-71222","title":"A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils","summary":"A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The ea_num_ptrs field from on-disk extended attribute metadata is consumed without bounds validation, causing a heap buffer over-read that may disclose sensitive memory con…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux","affected":["enterprise_linux = 7.0","enterprise_linux = 8.0","enterprise_linux = 9.0"],"published":"2026-09-03","updated":"2026-09-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-22T16:37:22.450","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71222","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71222","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511399","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00109,"epssPercentile":0.01389,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T20:44:35.674Z","slug":"CVE-2026-71222","body":"## Overview\n\nA heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The ea_num_ptrs field from on-disk extended attribute metadata is consumed without bounds validation, causing a heap buffer over-read that may disclose sensitive memory contents or cause a crash when processing crafted GFS2 filesystem images.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 9.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}