CVE-2026-119760
sniproxy through 0.7.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in resolv_cancel() that…
- Risk score
- 50/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- sniproxy through 0.7.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in resolv_cancel() that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the daemon by sending overlong hostnames. Attackers can send a 254 or 255 character TLS SNI name or HTTP Host header matching a wildcard backend, then close the connection t…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
- https://github.com/dlundquist/sniproxy
- https://github.com/dlundquist/sniproxy/blob/1cc625ea41796695a54593d1bd779366b82b8b4e/src/connection.c#L737-L738
- https://github.com/dlundquist/sniproxy/blob/1cc625ea41796695a54593d1bd779366b82b8b4e/src/resolv.c#L219-L224
- https://github.com/dlundquist/sniproxy/issues/411
- https://github.com/renaudallard/sniproxy/commit/17986ba7397297313331297cac3b9eb3f0ba96b7
- https://github.com/renaudallard/sniproxy/commit/d5d78290c8fe15d9aa12185d2c57739b7b0c6a6b
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sniproxy-through-0.7.0-null-pointer-dereference-via-resolv-cancel
Original description
sniproxy through 0.7.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in resolv_cancel() that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the daemon by sending overlong hostnames. Attackers can send a 254 or 255 character TLS SNI name or HTTP Host header matching a wildcard backend, then close the connection to terminate the proxy.
Last activity 30 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.