CVE-2026-54332

GoPacket's sFlow ExtendedGatewayFlow decoder: unbounded attacker-controlled allocation (104-byte UDP datagram -> up to 16 GiB make) -> unauthenticated remote DoS

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 07:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGopacket

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
PoC

Description

gopacket provides packet processing capabilities for Go. In version 1.6.0 and earlier, the sFlow ExtendedGatewayFlow decoder in layers/sflow.go reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit community count and AS path member count and sizes a slice allocation from those counts without bounding them against the bytes remaining in the datagram, so a 104-byte UDP datagram can drive an allocation of up to 16 GiB and cause an unauthenticated remote denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.6.1
Affected range stops below 1.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/gopacket/gopacket/security/advisories/GHSA-g6v3-7xmc-w563
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/gopacket/gopacket/releases/tag/v1.6.1

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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