libnfs through 6.0.2 before 55c18ea does not validate a string size, leading to an…
Priority LOW 33CWE-1284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
libnfs through 6.0.2 before 55c18ea does not validate a string size, leading to an integer overflow during a connection to a crafted NFS server. This occurs in libnfs_zdr_string in lib/libnfs-zdr.c.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00212 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-53689
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-379r-2p3h-m47v
More sahlberg vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-79487 Integer overflow in libsmb2 DCE/RPC NDR decoder lets servers corrupt heap CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-74155 Integer underflow in libsmb2 decode_acl causes heap over-read CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-74154 libsmb2 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via File System Info Decoders CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-74153 Heap out-of-bounds read in libsmb2 lets SMB servers crash clients CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-41697 Integer underflow in sahlberg libnfs CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-70831 Out-of-bounds write in libnfs ZDR decoding CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-53689 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-53689 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-379r-2p3h-m47v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-53689 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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