CVE-2026-86098 (GCVE-0-2026-86098)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-04 22:38
Modified
2026-09-14 19:33
Severity ?
8.3 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
ntop nDPI versions before 6.0 contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the ndpi_json_string_escape function that writes beyond caller-supplied buffer boundaries. Attackers can trigger the overflow by supplying crafted network packet data including TLS SNI, HTTP headers, or DNS names that reach the vulnerable function, causing heap corruption.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ntop nDPI Version: 0   < 6.0
Patch: 6.0
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