{"id":"CVE-2026-86845","title":"A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto","summary":"A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. Session cleanup can leave a stale cached session pointer, and the data path does not check the session type before attaching it, leading to use-after-free or type confusion in the host vho…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-825"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"grout","affected":["grout (all versions)","openvswitch3.5 (all versions)","openvswitch3.6 (all versions)","openvswitch2.11 (all versions)","openvswitch2.12 (all versions)","openvswitch2.13 (all versions)","openvswitch2.15 (all versions)","openvswitch2.16 (all versions)","openvswitch2.17 (all versions)","openvswitch3.1 (all versions)","grout (all versions)","openvswitch2.17 (all versions)","openvswitch3.0 (all versions)","openvswitch3.1 (all versions)","openvswitch3.2 (all versions)","openvswitch3.3 (all versions)","openvswitch3.4 (all versions)","openvswitch3.5 (all versions)","openvswitch3.6 (all versions)","dpdk (all versions)","dpdk (all versions)","dpdk (all versions)","openvswitch2.17 (all versions)","openvswitch3.0 (all versions)","openvswitch3.1 (all versions)","openvswitch (all versions)"],"published":"2026-10-14","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T15:17:38.153","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86845","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86845","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529844","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86845.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86845"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86845"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-15T14:46:12.188388Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T18:47:39.318Z","epss":0.00165,"epssPercentile":0.05637,"slug":"CVE-2026-86845","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. Session cleanup can leave a stale cached session pointer, and the data path does not check the session type before attaching it, leading to use-after-free or type confusion in the host vhost-crypto backend.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Fast Datapath for RHEL 10, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, … · no fix planned: Fast Datapath for RHEL 10, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, … · updated 2026-10-21 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86845.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}