CVE-2026-41285
mediumpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In OpenBSD through 7.8, the slaacd and rad daemons have an infinite loop when they receive a crafted ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) option (over a local network) with length zero, because of an "nd_opt_len * 8 - 2" expression with no preceding check for whether nd_opt_len is zero.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1184OpenBSD: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-04-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer aus einem angrenzenden Netzwerk kann eine Schwachstelle in OpenBSD ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-41285cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41285cnnvd
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/086c5738bcd3c203bcc08d024fcf983cb409115fenisa_euvd
- https://www.openbsd.org/errata78.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4861#section-4.6enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/086c5738bcd3c203bcc08d024fcf983cb409115fPatchnvd
- https://www.openbsd.org/errata78.htmlProductRelease Notesnvd
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4861#section-4.6Not Applicablenvd
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