CVE-2026-85234

Tftp: tftp-hpa: denial of service due to out-of-bounds read/write in remap engine

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2026 at 05:58 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxHardened Images

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in tftp-hpa. When the `in.tftpd` remap engine processes an inverse remap rule that also aborts with a non-empty custom error message, it can pass invalid match offsets to the `genmatchstring()` function. This leads to out-of-bounds read/write operations. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request, causing the daemon to crash and resulting in a denial of service.

Affected

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

All versions10
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.2-28.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.2-40.el9_8.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.2-50.el10_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85234
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460997
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78952
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80663
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82280

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-125

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