Security update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:1571-1
Release Date:	2026-04-23T15:52:10Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1262216
Cross-References:	CVE-2026-40706
CVSS scores:	CVE-2026-40706 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-40706 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-40706 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP7 Development Tools Module 15-SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs fixes the following issue:

• CVE-2026-40706: heap buffer overflow in ntfs_build_permissions_posix() in acls.c (bsc#1262216).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1571=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1571=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1571=1
• Development Tools Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2026-1571=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • ntfs-3g-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfsprogs-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debugsource-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g-devel-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g87-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g87-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • ntfs-3g-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfsprogs-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debugsource-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g-devel-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g87-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g87-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • ntfs-3g-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfsprogs-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debugsource-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g87-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • libntfs-3g87-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
• Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libntfs-3g-devel-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debugsource-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debuginfo-2022.5.17-150000.3.24.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40706.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262216