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CVE-2026-86562

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost

Risk score
48/100
CVSS
7.8 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.2%
Published
14 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A TOCTOU double-fetch of control-queue descriptors allows a heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled content in the VDUSE control-queue handler.
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 7.8 high

References

Original description

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A TOCTOU double-fetch of control-queue descriptors allows a heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled content in the VDUSE control-queue handler.

Last activity 14 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.