CVE-2026-121603

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-121603",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:18:11.567",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T18:17:58.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Solanum before commit 2ea1382 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ms_kill() that allows malicious linked servers to corrupt memory by sending an overlong kill reason. Attackers controlling a rogue or compromised peer server can send a reason exceeding KILLLEN that overflows a static 512-byte buffer, crashing the ircd or potentially achieving remote code execution."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "solanum-ircd",
          "product": "solanum",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum",
          "repo": "https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/solanum-ircd/solanum",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "2ea1382e4262b212a91034258c466f0f6754cd61",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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    ],
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          "timestamp": "2026-11-03T17:15:57.210109Z",
          "id": "CVE-2026-121603",
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              "exploitation": "none"
            },
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              "technicalImpact": "total"
            }
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    {
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      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-120"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/blob/7bc7e34c04711247b932666e19ae900cba884540/modules/core/m_kill.c#L277",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/commit/2ea1382e4262b212a91034258c466f0f6754cd61",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/pull/550",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solanum-before-commit-2ea1382-buffer-overflow-via-server-to-server-kill-handler",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}