{"id":"CVE-2026-85231","title":"A flaw was found in libtirpc","summary":"A flaw was found in libtirpc. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending oversized wrapped data requests to an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) service configured with RPCSEC_GSS (Remote Procedure Call Securi…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-770"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"libtirpc","affected":["libtirpc (all versions)","libtirpc (all versions)","libtirpc (all versions)","libtirpc (all versions)","libtirpc (all versions)","libtirpc (all versions)","openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (all versions)","openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (all versions)"],"published":"2026-10-16","updated":"2026-10-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-16T20:18:12.170","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85231","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85231","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478512","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00297,"epssPercentile":0.22224,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-16T19:09:58.126991Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-16T18:43:08.624Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85231","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in libtirpc. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending oversized wrapped data requests to an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) service configured with RPCSEC_GSS (Remote Procedure Call Security-Generic Security Service) integrity or privacy. This can lead to unbounded memory allocation, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting system resources and causing the service to become unstable or terminate.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}