osrg GoBGP BGP Header bgp.go BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes access control
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266 and CWE-284.
Summary
A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. Affected is the function BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go of the component BGP Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The identifier of the patch is f0f24a2a901cbf159260698211ab15c583ced131. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5124
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-688c-h9c2-ffwg
References
More osrg Gobgp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30596 GoBGP: Panic in AdjRib.Update via malformed BGP Update message (Nil Pointer Dereference) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-30162 GoBGP: Remote Denial of Service (Panic) in UpdatePathAttrs4ByteAs via Malformed BGP UPDATE CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-30161 GoBGP: Remote Denial of Service (Panic) via Malformed Well-known Path Attribute CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-23526 An issue in GoBGP gobgpd v.4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the NEXT_HOP path attribute CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-28529 An issue was discovered in GoBGP before 3.35.0. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2025-28531 An issue was discovered in GoBGP before 3.35.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-5124 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5124 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-688c-h9c2-ffwg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-5124 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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