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CVE-2026-58096

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2026-08-26 Modified: 2026-08-27

Description

LcpDecodeConfig() did not validate the length of received endpoint discriminator options against the minimum required by RFC 1717. Undersized options would trigger an out-of-bounds write. A malicious PPP peer can exploit CVE-2026-58095 and CVE-2026-58096 to crash ppp(8) or potentially execute arbitrary code as root.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-130, CWE-787

References