Netdata: Streaming protocol dimension slot has no upper-bound guard, allowing integer overflow and out-of-bounds write
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Netdata is an open source observability tool. Prior to 2.10.4, an authenticated child agent can send an oversized DIMENSION SLOT value that str2ull_encoded passes to pluginsd_rrddim_put_to_slot in src/plugins.d/pluginsd_internals.h without an upper bound. prd_array_create in src/database/rrdset-pluginsd-array.h can then wrap the size_t allocation calculation while retaining the original large array size, causing the subsequent initialization loop to write beyond the undersized heap allocation and crash the parent agent. This issue is fixed in version 2.10.4 and nightly build 2.10.0-782-nightly.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
- Fix · CNA netdata (netdata) Fixed in 2.10.4
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-83601
References
More netdata vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-08744 Netdata vulnerable to command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-21114 ndsudo: local privilege escalation via untrusted search path CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-08745 Netdata is vulnerable to improper authentication CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-57702 Netdata: Unauthenticated remote PUT to /api/v3/settings bypasses IP allowlist controls via HTTP_ACL_NOCHECK CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-57700 Netdata: Streaming protocol chart slot guard off-by-one allows ~16 GiB allocation request, crashing parent agent CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-57699 Netdata: WebSocket Decompression Bomb CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-83601 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-83601 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-83601 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences