CVE-2026-120831
📛 CVE Title
Libslirp: libslirp: queue pointer corruption in if_output() leading to denial of service
Description
A flaw was found in libslirp in if_output(). When moving a session from the fast queue to the batch queue, the code unlinked and reinserted an arbitrary packet via ifm->m_nextpkt instead of the session queue head, corrupting queue pointers. A guest generating burst traffic could crash the host networking process, causing a denial of service.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- redhat
- CVSS severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS score
- 6.5 / 10
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Effective score
- 6.5 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-787 - Reserved
- 2026-11-02
- Published
- 2026-11-03 01:55 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-11-03 01:55 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/120xxx/CVE-2026-120831.json
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- EUVD ID
-
EUVD-2026-115656
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Affected products (7)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | — | — |
Vendor references (3)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-120831 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2565425 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/-/commit/bad35bd3b529dc47aa109980a69a36da7848ab76
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Raw JSON
The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-120831.json.
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