CVE-2026-79610
XSA-501 was about issues with v1 -> v2 and v2 -> v1 changes racing certain other grant table…
- Risk score
- 53/100
- CVSS
- 8.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- XSA-501 was about issues with v1 -> v2 and v2 -> v1 changes racing certain other grant table operations. Sadly a v2 -> v1 -> v2 change has yet another effect which wasn't accounted for: During the first change, status pages would be freed. During the second change they would be allocated again. Hence across the full p…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 8.8 high
References
Original description
XSA-501 was about issues with v1 -> v2 and v2 -> v1 changes racing certain other grant table operations. Sadly a v2 -> v1 -> v2 change has yet another effect which wasn't accounted for: During the first change, status pages would be freed. During the second change they would be allocated again. Hence across the full pair of change the addresses of the status pages may change, rendering stale previously calculated pointers into the status array.
Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.