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High 8.8Published Aug 19, 2026

CVE-2026-49420Buffer overflow in libalias RTSP handler

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects FreeBSD. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

The RTSP handler in libalias rewrote outgoing packets into a fixed-length stack buffer without checking whether the rewritten data fit in the buffer, or whether the result fit back in the original packet. A host sending crafted RTSP traffic from inside a NAT gateway using libalias can overflow a stack buffer, potentially achieving remote code execution in the kernel (when using ipfw(4) NAT) or in the natd(8) process (which generally runs as the root user).

CVSS
8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-121
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
freebsd
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Aug 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
FreeBSD FreeBSD
freebsd:freebsd (from the name)
from 15.1-RELEASE before p1; from 15.0-RELEASE before p11; from 14.4-RELEASE before p7; from 14.3-RELEASE before p16
CNA record
freebsd freebsd
freebsd:freebsd
14.3; 14.3; 14.3; 14.3; 14.3; 14.3; 14.3; 14.3; and 30 more ranges
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory

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