Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting freebsd package, versions [,14.4.0-p9)[15.0.0,15.0.0-p13)[15.1.0,15.1.0-p3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-19427764
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed26 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-58096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-130  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 14.4.0-p9, 15.0.0-p13, 15.1.0-p3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in the LcpDecodeConfig process. An attacker can cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as root by sending specially crafted endpoint discriminator options with insufficient length to trigger an out-of-bounds write.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1