Denial-of-service vulnerability in CatchPulse
Priority LOW 24CWE-121Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A denial-of-service vulnerability in CatchPulse could allow an attacker to conduct a stack buffer overrun attack, leading to a denial-of-service condition.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00143 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55980
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffmw-m245-3h88
References
More SecureAge vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-13045 SecureAge CatchPulse Driver saappctl.sys heap-based overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2026-09888 SecureAge CatchPulse IOCTL saappctl.sys information disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-40378 Improper access control vulnerability in CatchPulse CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-40379 Improper access control check in CatchPulse's named pipe communication interface CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-55980 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-55980 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ffmw-m245-3h88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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