CVE-2026-123200
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
VRPN through 07.36 contains an out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in vrpn_Endpoint::handle_sender_message() and handle_type_message() that allows unauthenticated remote peers to write outside a stack buffer via an unchecked length index. Attackers can connect, complete the version-cookie exchange, and send a SENDER_DESCRIPTION or TYPE_DESCRIPTION message with an out-of-range or negative index to crash the process.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-05 19:17:18.953000
Last modified
2026-11-05 19:17:18.953000
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"id": "CVE-2026-123200",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-05T19:17:18.953",
"lastModified": "2026-11-05T19:17:18.953",
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}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "VRPN",
"product": "VRPN",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"repo": "https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn",
"packageURL": "pkg:github/vrpn/vrpn",
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"versionType": "custom",
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"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"url": "https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/blob/79deb000cc0b47ae49a80c92c78167c02d8a04d8/vrpn_Connection.C#L4482",
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}