Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting gobgp package, versions <4.4.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GOBGP-15878846
  • published3 Apr 2026
  • disclosed30 Mar 2026

Introduced: 30 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-5124  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gobgp to version 4.4.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gobgp package and not the gobgp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A security vulnerability has been detected in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. Affected is the function BGPHeader.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/bgp.go of the component BGP Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The identifier of the patch is f0f24a2a901cbf159260698211ab15c583ced131. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1