Off-by-one Error Affecting iperf3 package, versions <0:3.9-11.el9_4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-IPERF3-15185307
  • published3 Feb 2026
  • disclosed3 Aug 2025

Introduced: 3 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-54349  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 iperf3 to version 0:3.9-11.el9_4.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:1773.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iperf3 package and not the iperf3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In iperf before 3.19.1, iperf_auth.c has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1