CVE 5.9 MEDIUM

Openvswitch: open vswitch: denial of service via malformed ftp epasv command_CVE-2026-34956

5.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in Open vSwitch. When Open vSwitch is configured with a conntrack flow using FTP helpers over the userspace datapath, a remote attacker can send a specially crafted FTP stream with an EPASV command exceeding 255 characters. This heap access error can lead to a crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-34956
Source redhat
Published May 5, 2026 at 15:45
Modified May 5, 2026 at 16:36

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Fast Datapath for RHEL 7

CWE Classification

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