Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openvswitch package, versions [0,]
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- published23 Jun 2026
- disclosed4 Jun 2026
- creditMajd Latah
Introduced: 4 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-36499 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for openvswitch.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the udpif_set_threads function. An attacker can cause resource exhaustion by requesting an excessive number of handler or revalidation threads through OVSDB write access.